Run a command at a specific time

Question

I\'m trying to run a command at a specific time. I\'ve looked at the \"at\" command, but I don\'t know how to get it working...

Here\'s what I do:

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Answer 1

The at command is not installed by default to the systems I work (Ubuntu, RHEL) and I don't have permissions to install new software, so I use scripts that combine bash and awk in order to achieve the at functionality as follows:

#! /bin/bash

res=""
while [ ! $res ]; do

    res=$( date | awk -v hour=$1 -v min=$2 '{ 

        split($4, tmp, ":" );

        if( (tmp[1] == hour) && (tmp[2] == min) )
        {
            print "ok";   
        }
        else
        {
            print "";
        }

    }' )

done

./atReplacement.sh $HOUR $MIN; [OTHER_COMMANDS]