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TL;DR

at

Execute commands once at a later time. Results will be sent to the users mail. More information: https://manned.org/at.

  • Start the atd daemon:

systemctl start atd

  • Create commands interactively and execute them in 5 minutes (press <Ctrl> + D when done):

at now + 5 minutes

  • Create commands interactively and execute them at a specific time:

at hh:mm

  • Execute a command from stdin at 10:00 AM today:

echo "command" | at 1000

  • Execute commands from a given file next Tuesday:

at -f path/to/file 9:30 PM Tue

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