Session and utilities

The at command

Schedules a command to run once at a specific time.

Syntax

echo 'comando' | at HORA

Most useful options

-lLists scheduled tasks (same as atq)
-rRemoves a task

Copy-ready examples

$ at 10:00Schedule a task

You can try them in the browser terminal: it does not touch your computer.

Typical mistakes

  • It is for one-off tasks; for repeating ones use crontab.

Related commands

crontabatqatrm

FAQ

at or cron?

at runs once; cron runs repeatedly.

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