Comments on: How to Schedule a Linux Job Without Cron

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:40:19 +0000

Hello, don't forget the "at" command, which is also used to schedule tasks or commands at a specified time.

By: Ghouse bagwan

Ghouse bagwan — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:54:47 +0000

I tried the first one ($ while true; do date >> date.txt ; sleep 5 ; done &) on my box and its creating a huge file every minute, please provide a way to remove this job.

By: Quentin MOULINIER

Quentin MOULINIER — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 00:49:36 +0000

Thanks !
And as every advice can be useful, I would like to contribute to your article with another tip I learned from a collegue few month ago :
How to execute a command without leaving it in history file ?
– just put an empty space first ! :-)

By: Franck

Franck — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 18:35:30 +0000

hi, one way among others to exit properly a process sent in background is to use the fg command (FrontGround) to get it back (if you are still in the same terminal) and then CTRL+C.
Franck

By: Prashant Singh

Prashant Singh — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:46:29 +0000

excellent !!!
thanks a lot !!!