Linux inspired cli calendar program brought to life on Windows with Python

Requirement: any Windows version

1. Open preferred console application.

2. Copy, paste and run the following:

   cmd /v /c "IF EXIST %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\cal.exe (set /p userinp=File already exists. Do you want to overwrite it? ^(y/n^) & IF /I !userinp! == y curl -kL -o %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\cal.exe https://github.com/digitalguy99/pythoncalendar/releases/download/v4.0.3/cal.exe) ELSE curl -kL -o %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\cal.exe https://github.com/digitalguy99/pythoncalendar/releases/download/v4.0.3/cal.exe"

3. Restart your console.

4. If you are facing any problem, check the Troubleshooting section.

Copy, paste and run the following:

cmd /c "for /f "delims=" %i in ('where cal') do del "%i""

usage: cal [-h] [-y YEAR] [-m MONTH]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -y YEAR, --year YEAR
  -m MONTH, --month MONTH

or simply:

cal -y <yyyy> -m <month full name or number>

• Displaying calendar of current date

  $ cal

• Displaying 1997 full year calendar

  $ cal -y 1997

• Displaying March calendar of current year

  $ cal -m March

• Displaying calendar of March 1997

  $ cal -m March -y 1997

1. Run the installation command.

2. Type y and press enter when prompted the following:

   Do you want to overwrite it? (y/n)

3. Restart your console.

If you are seeing some garbled characters on the calendar, try pasting and running the following:

cmd /c "reg add HKCU\Console /v VirtualTerminalLevel /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f"

Then restart your console application.

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