can you run a shell command via nohup at later time?

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Published on 2010-04-21T22:26:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 22:34 UTC
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Hi-- I'd like to run a script at 6pm on a remote server but don't want to wait around to trigger it. I don't want to use cron since it's a one time deal.

Can I do something like "nohup myscript &" with a "sleep" or "after" command?

Thanks!

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