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    at command giving me garbled time

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    im using

    DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu

    DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10

    DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic

    DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

    ubuntu$ at

    Garbled time

    ubuntu$

    how do i reset the at command so i can use it again it is stuck at garbled time.

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    • Posts: 33
      is their a way to use
      zenity --info --text="test" instead of notify-send 'yay'

      in the command

      at 18:17
      warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
      at> notify-send 'yay'
    • Posts: 33
      i was told that to get zenity to work i had to Throw it into a script file and run it as:
      at -f /path/to/script.sh 18:17

      what would the script look like? the best i can do is

      #!/usr/bin/bash
      echo 'notify-send'
      date
      read date
      at $date

      their has to be an easyer way to write the script
    • Posts: 2,177
      If the command "zenity --info --text="test" instead of notify-send 'yay'" is what you are trying to launch using at then you would want to create a bash script file (lets name it script.sh) with the following contents: 
      1. #!/bin/bash
      2. zenity --info --text="test" instead of notify-send 'yay' #put your shell commands here

      Then you would set it to run using at by using the syntax you used above "at -f /path/to/script.sh 18:17". Also don't forget to make the script executable to the user account that is calling it through the at command.

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