calcurse

Text-based personal organizer

Runs as calcurse|macOS, Linux, Windows|calcurse.org

Command form

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Non-interactive calcurse queries: print a day's appointments, the next appointment, import or export data. Filter options and the interactive UI are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui calcurse

Query or export calendarExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Today's appointments set by task

--appointment

Limit results

integer

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Print today's appointments

appointmentlimit

Print a given day

daylimit

Export data to stdout

export

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Today's appointments

boolean

--appointment-a

Day (date or number of days)

string

--day-d

Next appointment within 24h

boolean

--next-n

Limit results

integer

--limit-l

Import iCalendar file

path

--import-i

Export format

enum

--exporticalpcal

Calendar file

path

--calendar-c

Configuration directory

path

--confdir-C

Data directory

path

--datadir-D

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

-a, --appointment Print the appointments and events for the current day. -c file, --calendar file (also interactively) Specify the calendar file to -C dir, --confdir dir (also interactively) Specify the configuration -D dir, --datadir dir (also interactively) Specify the (data) directory -d date|num, --day date|num Print appointments and events for the given…

manual2026-10-27

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed calcurse against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.