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README.md

sleepuntil

Sleep Until is a Bash script that allows you to suspend execution until a specified date and time is reached. It provides a convenient way to schedule tasks or delay actions until a desired moment.

Requirements

Bash (Bourne Again Shell)
Unix-like operating system (Linux, macOS, OpenBSD, ...)

Installation

Debian-based systems

Grab the latest release from the releases page and install it with:

sudo dpkg -i sleepuntil*.deb

Manual installation

Clone this repository
chmod +x install.sh (make it executable)
Run ./install.sh. This will install the script system-wide
If your system is not supported for automatic installation, proceed as illustrated by the install script

Usage

sleepuntil [-v] <datetime>

Examples

sleepuntil -v "tomorrow 9am"
sleepuntil 10pm && execute_evening_task