Cannot pipe to 'at'

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I have a note programme which calls echo 'notify-send Hello' | at now +1 minutes however this does not work. I tried it in a terminal and, sure enough, notify-send Hello works, but echo 'notify-send Hello' | at now +1 minutes does not. What solution is there for this, if any?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 27 '17 at 20:41

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Are you aware that at command output does not appear on stdout on your terminal, but is mailed to you (i.e. the user starting the command)? Is it perhaps in your mailbox?

answered Mar 27 '17 at 20:41

Jens

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 27 '17 at 00:46

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Strangely enough, replacing echo 'notify-send Hello' | at now +1 minutes with notify-send Hello | at now +1 minutes caused the programme to work seamlessly

answered Mar 27 '17 at 00:46

Xander Xylona

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But doesn't the second version send the notification immediately instead of in one minute? Nevertheless: If you solved your problem, please accept your own answer, if not, please edit your question instead and remove this answer, or people will assume you aren't asking anymore. – Socowi Mar 27 '17 at 07:58

Cannot pipe to 'at'

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