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at

Executes commands at a specified time.

  • Open an at prompt to create a new set of scheduled commands, press Ctrl + D to save and exit:

at {{hh:mm:ss}}

  • Execute the commands and email the result using a local mailing program such as sendmail:

at {{hh:mm:ss}} -m

  • Execute a script at the given time:

at {{hh:mm:ss}} -f {{path/to/file}}

  • Display a system notification at 11pm on February 18th:

echo "notify-send '{{Wake up!}}'" | at {{11pm}} {{Feb 18}}