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Today, I will talk to you about how to use Zeit, a tool for timing tasks in Linux graphics. Many people may not know much about it. In order to make you understand better, the editor has summarized the following content for you. I hope you can get something according to this article.

Zeit is an open source tool for scheduling tasks through "crontab" and "at". It provides a simple interface to schedule one-time or repetitive tasks. Zeit also comes with an alarm clock and timer, which can be used to notify users by sound. Ubuntu 20.04 system environment

How to install Zeit

On Ubuntu systems, you can install Zeit by adding the following PPA repository.

Bob@ubuntu-20-04sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blaze/main PPA for my software More info: https://launchpad.net/~blaze/+archive/ubuntu/mainPress [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it....bob@ubuntu-20-04virtual $sudo apt install zeit

Type Zeit, and you can run

Use the at command to run an one-time command

Use the at command to run an one-time command, click view- > Nonperiodic Commands or press ctrl+n to switch to aperiodic tasks.

Select "Add Command" and add an entry. Schedule a command to run at 11:34. This command creates an empty log file in the Downloads folder and adds today's date to the file name, as follows:

NOW=$ (date +% F); touch / home/bob/Downloads/log_$ {NOW} .txt

This task cannot be modified, but it can be deleted and re-added.

At 11:34, you can see that the log file has been created under the Downloads directory.

Zeit interface, press ctrl+r, refresh the page, and find that the task has been completed and disappeared.

Create a recurring task

To schedule tasks using the crond process, click View- > Periodic Tasks or press CTRL + P. By default, Zeit starts "Periodic Tasks".

Enter the description, command, and scheduled time, and click ok to add the entry to crontab. The following is the backup log directory to the user's home directory at 00:00 every day.

You can use crontab-l to check for added entries:

Bob@ubuntu-20-04VOUR $crontab-l

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