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I have this bash script:

while [[ 1 ]] ; do sleep 3600 ; ./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" && play /mnt/musica/login.wav && zenity --info --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M).</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." --title="drink time" ; done 

I'd like to execute this script (from 8:00 o'clock, less important) to 19:00 (most important); it's possible?

I have seen at command, but I didn't find how set "until" or "before".

This question is different from this

bash cron at

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  Monday through Friday or 7 days a week? What if the script fired regularly but only notified between those hours?
  
  – Jeff Schaller♦
  May 7 at 16:28
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

I have this bash script:

while [[ 1 ]] ; do sleep 3600 ; ./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" && play /mnt/musica/login.wav && zenity --info --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M).</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." --title="drink time" ; done 

I'd like to execute this script (from 8:00 o'clock, less important) to 19:00 (most important); it's possible?

I have seen at command, but I didn't find how set "until" or "before".

This question is different from this

bash cron at

share|improve this question

edited May 7 at 16:49

αғsнιη

18.1k113271

asked May 7 at 16:23

DunsDuns

416

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Monday through Friday or 7 days a week? What if the script fired regularly but only notified between those hours?
  
  – Jeff Schaller♦
  May 7 at 16:28
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I have this bash script:

while [[ 1 ]] ; do sleep 3600 ; ./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" && play /mnt/musica/login.wav && zenity --info --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M).</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." --title="drink time" ; done 

I'd like to execute this script (from 8:00 o'clock, less important) to 19:00 (most important); it's possible?

I have seen at command, but I didn't find how set "until" or "before".

This question is different from this

bash cron at

share|improve this question

edited May 7 at 16:49

αғsнιη

18.1k113271

asked May 7 at 16:23

DunsDuns

416

while [[ 1 ]] ; do sleep 3600 ; ./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" && play /mnt/musica/login.wav && zenity --info --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M).</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." --title="drink time" ; done 

share|improve this question

edited May 7 at 16:49

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asked May 7 at 16:23

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edited May 7 at 16:49

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edited May 7 at 16:49

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edited May 7 at 16:49

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You would do the scheduling with cron. The schedule would look like

0 8-19 * * * /path/to/script

or

0 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 * * * /path/to/script

and the script would look like

#!/bin/sh

./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" &&
play /mnt/musica/login.wav &&
zenity --info 
 --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M)</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." 
 --title="drink time"

See also "How to send a mail for every 10 minutes through shell script?"

share|improve this answer

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Duns If you added the cron job as root, then it's added to root's crontab. You would view root's crontab with sudo crontab -l. However, I just realised that you are trying to use GUI applications, so using cron for this may not be the easiest solution. Cron jobs have no connection to the display and can't generally open dialog boxes or windows.
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  May 7 at 19:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  thanks. It seems work, somehow (maybe not perfectly; btw I dont' use a GUI): at 8:00 I received on my smartphone the notify, when I was not at home; but coming back to home I didn't see the pop-up. So I tried double-click on the script and it works perfectly. I will see at 9:00. Another thing: if I would do from 8:30 to 11:30 and from 15:30 to 18:30, it should possible with cron?
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 6:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Duns See man 5 crontab. 30 8-11,15-18 * * * /path/to/script
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  May 8 at 6:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thank you very much. It works, but only the sound and the smartphone notify, not the PC pop-up. I started a new session. I will see.
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 7:13
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It works: I added "--display=:0.0" to zenity command in bash script (as said here). Not what you said, even you gave me a great help. Thank you very much
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 8:34
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

1

Presuming you use Linux, timeout is the simplest way to do this. 08:00 to 19:00 is 11 hours, so we tell timeout to run the script for 11 hours.

timeout 11h /home/username/script

Start the job with cron at 08:00 (or manually whenever you wish) and have it killed automatically at 19:00 sharp with another cron entry

kill -9 /home/username/script

share|improve this answer

edited May 7 at 18:41

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, but I start the Pc non always at the same time, so your solution is not what I search for.
  
  – Duns
  May 7 at 18:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  See rephrasing above which shows greater flexibility.
  
  – K7AAY
  May 7 at 18:41
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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You would do the scheduling with cron. The schedule would look like

0 8-19 * * * /path/to/script

or

0 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 * * * /path/to/script

and the script would look like

#!/bin/sh

./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" &&
play /mnt/musica/login.wav &&
zenity --info 
 --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M)</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." 
 --title="drink time"

See also "How to send a mail for every 10 minutes through shell script?"

share|improve this answer

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Duns If you added the cron job as root, then it's added to root's crontab. You would view root's crontab with sudo crontab -l. However, I just realised that you are trying to use GUI applications, so using cron for this may not be the easiest solution. Cron jobs have no connection to the display and can't generally open dialog boxes or windows.
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  May 7 at 19:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  thanks. It seems work, somehow (maybe not perfectly; btw I dont' use a GUI): at 8:00 I received on my smartphone the notify, when I was not at home; but coming back to home I didn't see the pop-up. So I tried double-click on the script and it works perfectly. I will see at 9:00. Another thing: if I would do from 8:30 to 11:30 and from 15:30 to 18:30, it should possible with cron?
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 6:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Duns See man 5 crontab. 30 8-11,15-18 * * * /path/to/script
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  May 8 at 6:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thank you very much. It works, but only the sound and the smartphone notify, not the PC pop-up. I started a new session. I will see.
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 7:13
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It works: I added "--display=:0.0" to zenity command in bash script (as said here). Not what you said, even you gave me a great help. Thank you very much
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 8:34
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

3

You would do the scheduling with cron. The schedule would look like

0 8-19 * * * /path/to/script

or

0 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 * * * /path/to/script

and the script would look like

#!/bin/sh

./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" &&
play /mnt/musica/login.wav &&
zenity --info 
 --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M)</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." 
 --title="drink time"

See also "How to send a mail for every 10 minutes through shell script?"

share|improve this answer

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Duns If you added the cron job as root, then it's added to root's crontab. You would view root's crontab with sudo crontab -l. However, I just realised that you are trying to use GUI applications, so using cron for this may not be the easiest solution. Cron jobs have no connection to the display and can't generally open dialog boxes or windows.
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  May 7 at 19:38
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  thanks. It seems work, somehow (maybe not perfectly; btw I dont' use a GUI): at 8:00 I received on my smartphone the notify, when I was not at home; but coming back to home I didn't see the pop-up. So I tried double-click on the script and it works perfectly. I will see at 9:00. Another thing: if I would do from 8:30 to 11:30 and from 15:30 to 18:30, it should possible with cron?
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 6:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Duns See man 5 crontab. 30 8-11,15-18 * * * /path/to/script
  
  – Kusalananda♦
  May 8 at 6:57
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thank you very much. It works, but only the sound and the smartphone notify, not the PC pop-up. I started a new session. I will see.
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 7:13
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It works: I added "--display=:0.0" to zenity command in bash script (as said here). Not what you said, even you gave me a great help. Thank you very much
  
  – Duns
  May 8 at 8:34
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

You would do the scheduling with cron. The schedule would look like

0 8-19 * * * /path/to/script

or

0 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 * * * /path/to/script

and the script would look like

#!/bin/sh

./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" &&
play /mnt/musica/login.wav &&
zenity --info 
 --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M)</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." 
 --title="drink time"

See also "How to send a mail for every 10 minutes through shell script?"

share|improve this answer

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

0 8-19 * * * /path/to/script

0 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19 * * * /path/to/script

#!/bin/sh

./notify.sh --text "ricordati di bere" &&
play /mnt/musica/login.wav &&
zenity --info 
 --text="<span size="xx-large">Time is $(date +%Hh%M)</span>nnricordati di <b>bere</b>." 
 --title="drink time"

share|improve this answer

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

answered May 7 at 16:31

Kusalananda♦Kusalananda

146k18278460

1

Presuming you use Linux, timeout is the simplest way to do this. 08:00 to 19:00 is 11 hours, so we tell timeout to run the script for 11 hours.

timeout 11h /home/username/script

Start the job with cron at 08:00 (or manually whenever you wish) and have it killed automatically at 19:00 sharp with another cron entry

kill -9 /home/username/script

share|improve this answer

edited May 7 at 18:41

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, but I start the Pc non always at the same time, so your solution is not what I search for.
  
  – Duns
  May 7 at 18:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  See rephrasing above which shows greater flexibility.
  
  – K7AAY
  May 7 at 18:41
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

1

Presuming you use Linux, timeout is the simplest way to do this. 08:00 to 19:00 is 11 hours, so we tell timeout to run the script for 11 hours.

timeout 11h /home/username/script

Start the job with cron at 08:00 (or manually whenever you wish) and have it killed automatically at 19:00 sharp with another cron entry

kill -9 /home/username/script

share|improve this answer

edited May 7 at 18:41

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks, but I start the Pc non always at the same time, so your solution is not what I search for.
  
  – Duns
  May 7 at 18:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  See rephrasing above which shows greater flexibility.
  
  – K7AAY
  May 7 at 18:41
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Presuming you use Linux, timeout is the simplest way to do this. 08:00 to 19:00 is 11 hours, so we tell timeout to run the script for 11 hours.

timeout 11h /home/username/script

Start the job with cron at 08:00 (or manually whenever you wish) and have it killed automatically at 19:00 sharp with another cron entry

kill -9 /home/username/script

share|improve this answer

edited May 7 at 18:41

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028

timeout 11h /home/username/script

kill -9 /home/username/script

share|improve this answer

edited May 7 at 18:41

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028

answered May 7 at 16:37

K7AAYK7AAY

1,2801028