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How can I run a command later? I'm looking for a CLI way to schedule a command to be run later. I know that I could create a systemd timer, install it, activate it... That is too much work. I want...
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matthewsnyder
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2023-08-22T23:16:32Z (9 months ago)
Run a command *later*
How can I run a command *later*? I'm looking for a CLI way to schedule a command to be run later. I know that I could create a systemd timer, install it, activate it... That is too much work. I want something like `runlater 10min some_cmd` and `some_cmd` runs 10 min later. I don't want to do `sleep 600 && some_cmd` because that will block. After I schedule the program to run later, I want to go back to my shell, do some other stuff, close the terminal, and the command should still execute when it's time. If I schedule a program for 10 mins later and shut down the computer 8 mins later, I don't really care what happens. The program can end up being not run. A notification about it the next time I boot up would be nice, but otherwise I'm thinking of situation where the uptime will not be interrupted.