at
Execute commands once at a later time. Service atd (or atrun) should be running for the actual executions. More information: https://manned.org/at.
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Execute commands from
stdin
in 5 minutes (pressCtrl + D
when done):
at now + 5 minutes
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Execute a command from
stdin
at 10:00 AM today:
echo "{{./make_db_backup.sh}}" | at 1000
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Execute commands from a given file next Tuesday:
at -f {{path/to/file}} 9:30 PM Tue
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