Re: Using "at" command

It works when I pipe the command to 'at'

so $ date | at now + 2 minutes works well.
but
a) $ ls -l | at now + 2 minutes accepts the job, but gives a very
strange output in /var/spool/mail/root....

b) $killall <exec name> | at now + 2 minutes results in killall
getting executed immediately...

Am I missing something while using 'at' with those commands which have
some parameters/switches.
Also how do I get the output on the screen instead of .../mail/root..

Thanks,
R C
On Mar 26, 2:41 pm, R C V <rss...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hello,
I wanted to schedule jobs to start within a space of few
seconds of each other. But 'at' is giving me a resolution of 'min'.
So I decided to put all tasks in a file and invoke

at -f <filename>
The contents of the <filename> are:
at now+1 minute "ls -l"
at now+2 minute "date"

But I get a error "Garbled time"

Can you tell me what is wrong here..Also is it possible to give
interval in seconds.

TIA,
R C

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