calendar --- General calendar-related functions — Command-line usage
The !calendar module can be executed as a script from the command line to interactively print a calendar.
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The !calendar module can be executed as a script from the command line to interactively print a calendar.
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
python -m calendar [-h] [-L LOCALE] [-e ENCODING] [-t {text,html}]
[-w WIDTH] [-l LINES] [-s SPACING] [-m MONTHS] [-c CSS]
[-f FIRST_WEEKDAY] [year] [month]
```
For example, to print a calendar for the year 2000
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ python -m calendar 2000
2000
January February March
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 27 28 29 30 31
31
April May June
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20
```
The following options are accepted
Show the help message and exit.
The locale to use for month and weekday names. Defaults to English.
The encoding to use for output. --encoding is required if --locale is set.
Print the calendar to the terminal as text, or as an HTML document.
The weekday to start each week. Must be a number between 0 (Monday) and 6 (Sunday). Defaults to 0.
The year to print the calendar for. Defaults to the current year.
The month of the specified year to print the calendar for. Must be a number between 1 and 12. Defaults to printing a calendar for the full year.
The width of the date column in terminal columns. The date is printed centred in the column. Any value lower than 2 is ignored. Defaults to 2.
The number of lines for each week in terminal rows. The date is printed top-aligned. Any value lower than 1 is ignored. Defaults to 1.
The space between months in columns. Any value lower than 2 is ignored. Defaults to 6. …
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