at

Schedule commands to run at a specified time.

$ at "now + 5 minutes"

Mode

at (schedule)

atq (list)

atrm (remove)

Time specificationCommand(s) to run

Mail on completion (-m)

Examples

# Run a command in 5 minutes
echo backup.sh | at now + 5 minutes

# Schedule with at command
at now + 1 hour
at> ./deploy.sh
at> Ctrl+D

# List pending jobs
atq

# Remove a job
atrm 3

# Run a script at midnight
echo /path/to/script.sh | at midnight