#!/bin/sh

today_cal=`date +%e`
echo -e "`cal | sed s/"${today_cal}\>"/\\\\\\\\e[31\;7m\&\\\\\\\\e[39\;0m/g`"
echo
2day=`date +%d.%m`
echo Today´s date $2day, birthday\(e\):
echo -e "\033[31m"; grep "^$2day" ~/.birthdays; echo -e "\033[0m"
nextday=`date -d tomorrow +%d.%m`
echo Tomorrow is $nextday, birthday\(e\):
grep "^$nextday" ~/.birthdays
echo
this_month=`date +%m`
echo In `date +%B` the following people will be celebrating their birthdays:
egrep "^[0-9]*\.$this_month\." ~/.birthdays