Name
batch
Synopsis
batch [options
]
Executes commands entered on standard input. Ends with EOF. Unlike
at
, which executes commands at a specific time,
batch
executes commands one after another (waiting
for each one to complete). This avoids the potentially high system
load caused by running several background jobs at once. See also
at
.
batch
is equivalent to issuing the command
at
-q
b
now
.
Options
-
-f
file
Execute commands listed in
file
.-
-m
Send mail to user after job is completed (if an MTA such as sendmail is configured to run).
Example
% batchsort
in > outtroff -ms
bigfile
>bigfile.ps
EOF
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