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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.
  • Execute commands from stdin in 5 minutes (press Ctrl + D when done):
    at now + 5 minutes
  • Execute a command from stdin at 10:00 AM today:
    echo "{{./make_db_backup.sh}}" | at 1000
  • Execute commands from a given file next Tuesday:
    at -f {{path/to/file}} 9:30 PM Tue

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