Linux 101 : Running a job once - The "at" command -
To be able to run a task at a set time, we could use the "at" command.
The "at" command does not run repetitive tasks, it runs a program only once.
We could specify the time when a program should run.
The "at" works in an interactive mode from which we could exit by pressing the "Ctrl - D" key combination.
Below is the syntax of the "at" command that opens an interactive mode in which we can type the command we want to execute at a set time:
Below are some of the options we could use with the "at" command:
- -f file : reads the tasks from a file.
- -t time : runs the task at the specified time.
- at noon : for 12 P.M.
- at midnight : for 12 A.M.
- at now + 5 minutes
- at now + 1 hour
- at 6:00 PM July 20
If we want to include the command and the time in on the same line without going into the interactive mode, we could use for example:
To list all the pending jobs, we use the below command:
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