What should I do to run a script on specific time without cron?

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

I want to run a script without using cron at specific time. But it is not working.

#!/bin/sh

DATE=`date | cut -d' ' -f4`

#Date is getting printed, if I run it manually, without any error. But file is not created at scheduled time.

echo $DATE

if [[ $DATE == "07:06:55" ]]
then
echo "this is a test program" >> xyz.log

fi
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manpreet 2 years ago

 

If you want to run it only once, you can use the at command : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_(command)

Example :

echo "echo \"this is a test program\" >> /tmp/xyz.log" | at 1127 apr 11

If you want to run it every day, you might need to use a loop :

#!/bin/bash

while true;
do
    DATE=`date | cut -d' ' -f4`
    echo $DATE
    if [[ $DATE == "11:33:00" ]]
    then
            echo "this is a test program" >> xyz.log
            sleep 1s
    fi
done
 

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