lk/fundamentals/at.md
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at must be installed with:

sudo apt-get install at

Then jobs can be specified with absolute time, such as:

at 16:20

at noon

at midnight

at teatime

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

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This will print all pending IDs. Remove a job by the ID with:

atrm 2

Check /var/spool/cron/