Scheduling Jobs
sleep
|
Wait a set number of seconds, doing nothing. |
watch
|
Run a program at set intervals. |
at
|
Schedule a job for a single, future time. |
crontab
|
Schedule jobs for many future times. |
If you need to launch programs at particular times or at regular intervals, Linux provides several scheduling tools at various degrees of complexity.
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