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Running at command ran the script immediately
I tried to use "at" command to stop and start the server at the certain time, but for some reason the script ran immediately. I tried different ways to do that, but it would always run. What ...
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Running script using at command doesn't work entirely
So I did a bash script that read a file in which are directory numbers and then proceeds to run pgloader over them.
I looks like this
#create logs for pgloader
Date=`date +%Y_%m_%d`
LOGS="...
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How do I get my arrow keys working in the at> prompt
Whenever I try to use the arrow keys in the at> prompt (after, for example, running at now) it just shows control codes, eg. ^[[D for ←.
This makes pasting and editing long commands difficult ...
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Can brace expansion be performed within the `at` command?
In bash, brace expansion is performed as a shell operation before executing the command.1 This means the following will work:
echo {1..10} >output | at -m now
The output will be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...
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X commands do not start from my at job
I'm learning about Linux scheduling commands including at, cron, sleep etc. I'm trying to launch gedit after x minutes via the at command. This is what I have:
kedar@i5 ~ $ at now + 1 minute
at now + ...
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Kill all queued jobs
I need to kill all the queued and running jobs on my ID. I have tried
at -l | awk '{print $1}'| at -r {}
But I keep getting
{} does not exist
Which leads me to believe that I am parsing the ...
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Why does `at` warn me that commands will be executed using /bin/sh? What if I want a different shell?
I tried to use at from within a script of mine and it prints:
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
How would I use different shell if I wanted?
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How to pass arguments to bash shell script when executing that command with at?
I have a shell script that accepts an argument and uses that in the script. So to run the script I type
/path/to/script argument
The problem is when trying to setup that file to run using the at ...
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Why doesn't dzen2 work when invoked via at?
dzen2 is a notification utility of sorts. This command will make a notification that says "Hi" appear on the screen:
echo Hi | dzen2 -p
Debian's at is a utility that schedules events to occur in ...
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changing default shell to /bin/bash of at job scheduler like in CRON
I recently switched from 2>&1 >> to &>>
Is there a way to have at use /bin/bash as the shell? By default it uses /bin/sh and the man page gives no indication how anything else ...
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