'at' command output on Mac

Question

I need to execute scheduled tasks with at command:

echo "VM-run.sh $1" | at 08.00 > at_output.txt  2>&1

I would have the output of VM-run.sh, but what I have instead is this output:

job 5 at Fri Sep 23 08:00:00 2011

Jin · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-23 06:46:19Z

up vote 1 down vote accepted

That is because you're echoing the output of $ at 08.00 into at_output.txt.

Try this instead.

$ at 08:00
./VM-run.sh > at_output.txt
^D

Then you'll get a confirmation like this.

job 1 at Sat Sep 24 08:00:00 2011

Edit: Alternatively for shell scripts, you can restructure the command like this.

#!/bin/bash
./VM-run.sh > at_output.txt | at 08:00

edited Sep 23 '11 at 6:46

answered Sep 23 '11 at 6:33

Jin
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	I have to schedule the AT command in a script so I cannot input the AT from keyboard – robob Sep 23 '11 at 6:37
	@robob See edit. :) – Jin Sep 23 '11 at 6:47
	I think it's the right answer :-) In the night I'll check and I'll give you the answer ok. Thanks a lot – robob Sep 23 '11 at 12:11
	I try to run "echo "VM-run.sh $1 > at_output.txt" \| at 18.40" but nothing happens – robob Sep 23 '11 at 16:53
	You're echoing the string literal "VM-run.sh $1 > output.txt". What you want to do, from what I understand, is to run the `VM-run.sh` script and echo the output into the `at_output.txt`, which is taken care of by the `>` character in my solution. – Jin Sep 24 '11 at 3:52

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