Malin Freeborn
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input examples are now given as ```bash input $ARG1 ``` While outputs use md's '> ' sign as a quote.
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Install with:
sudo apt install at
Enable the daemon service with:
sudo systemctl enable --now atd
Then jobs can be specified with absolute time, such as:
at 16:20
at noon
at midnight
at teatime
Type in your command, e.g.:
touch /tmp/$FILE.txt
The jobs can also be specified relative to the current time:
at now +15 minutes
Finally, accept the jobs with ^D.
Managing at Jobs
Display a list of commands to run with:
atq
2 Sat Oct 20 16:00:00 2018 a roach-1
This will print all pending IDs. Remove a job by the ID with:
atrm 2
Check /var/spool/atd/ to see the jobs.
Automation
Automatically add a job for later, by setting the date, then using echo for the command.
t="$(date -d "2 minutes" +%R)"
echo "fortune > ~/$FILE" | at "$t"
watch cat $FILE
The $t here outputs the day in minutes, but you could also do t="$(date -d "2 days" +%m/%d/%Y)".