Remove jobs from at queue on a specified date

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I have a series of pending jobs in the queue,

$ atq
8 Mon Oct 29 13:21:00 2018
5 Mon Oct 29 10:36:00 2018
15 Mon Oct 29 13:31:00 2018
4 Mon Oct 29 10:35:00 2018
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

and plan to remove them job on Oct 29. Fortunately, atrm could remove multiple jobs

atrm 8 5 15 4 

despite this, a iteration might be a better solution,

$ atq | grep "Oct 29"
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

How could I select the first field of the job number so as to iterating them?

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I have a series of pending jobs in the queue,

$ atq
8 Mon Oct 29 13:21:00 2018
5 Mon Oct 29 10:36:00 2018
15 Mon Oct 29 13:31:00 2018
4 Mon Oct 29 10:35:00 2018
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

and plan to remove them job on Oct 29. Fortunately, atrm could remove multiple jobs

atrm 8 5 15 4 

despite this, a iteration might be a better solution,

$ atq | grep "Oct 29"
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

How could I select the first field of the job number so as to iterating them?

scripting at

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I have a series of pending jobs in the queue,

$ atq
8 Mon Oct 29 13:21:00 2018
5 Mon Oct 29 10:36:00 2018
15 Mon Oct 29 13:31:00 2018
4 Mon Oct 29 10:35:00 2018
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

and plan to remove them job on Oct 29. Fortunately, atrm could remove multiple jobs

atrm 8 5 15 4 

despite this, a iteration might be a better solution,

$ atq | grep "Oct 29"
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

How could I select the first field of the job number so as to iterating them?

scripting at

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I have a series of pending jobs in the queue,

$ atq
8 Mon Oct 29 13:21:00 2018
5 Mon Oct 29 10:36:00 2018
15 Mon Oct 29 13:31:00 2018
4 Mon Oct 29 10:35:00 2018
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

and plan to remove them job on Oct 29. Fortunately, atrm could remove multiple jobs

atrm 8 5 15 4 

despite this, a iteration might be a better solution,

$ atq | grep "Oct 29"
18 Mon Oct 29 15:55:00 2018
3 Mon Oct 29 10:31:00 2018
16 Mon Oct 29 15:54:00 2018
11 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
12 Mon Oct 29 13:24:00 2018
17 Mon Oct 29 15:53:00 2018
10 Mon Oct 29 13:23:00 2018
2 Mon Oct 29 07:41:00 2018
6 Mon Oct 29 10:41:00 2018
7 Mon Oct 29 13:20:00 2018
9 Mon Oct 29 13:22:00 2018

How could I select the first field of the job number so as to iterating them?

scripting at

scripting at

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You could just pipe the atq output and process it a bit:

atrm $( atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' ' )

What is being done:

• grep Oct 29 from atq output


• select the first fields only using cut and assuming a space as separator


• make newlines to spaces using tr
  

This gives you just the job numbers of at on a single line which then can be your input for atrm.

Pretest the selection by listing the job IDs only with just using

 atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' '

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atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 '

This would print the job IDs of the jobs that contain the string Oct 29. Passing this to xargs atrm would remove the jobs:

atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 ' | xargs atrm

The xargs utility reads from its standard input stream and executes the given utility with the argument read. If there are many arguments (probably not in this case), xargs may execute the utility multiple times.

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You could just pipe the atq output and process it a bit:

atrm $( atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' ' )

What is being done:

• grep Oct 29 from atq output


• select the first fields only using cut and assuming a space as separator


• make newlines to spaces using tr
  

This gives you just the job numbers of at on a single line which then can be your input for atrm.

Pretest the selection by listing the job IDs only with just using

 atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' '

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You could just pipe the atq output and process it a bit:

atrm $( atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' ' )

What is being done:

• grep Oct 29 from atq output


• select the first fields only using cut and assuming a space as separator


• make newlines to spaces using tr
  

This gives you just the job numbers of at on a single line which then can be your input for atrm.

Pretest the selection by listing the job IDs only with just using

 atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' '

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You could just pipe the atq output and process it a bit:

atrm $( atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' ' )

What is being done:

• grep Oct 29 from atq output


• select the first fields only using cut and assuming a space as separator


• make newlines to spaces using tr
  

This gives you just the job numbers of at on a single line which then can be your input for atrm.

Pretest the selection by listing the job IDs only with just using

 atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' '

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answered 4 hours ago

Fiximan

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You could just pipe the atq output and process it a bit:

atrm $( atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' ' )

What is being done:

• grep Oct 29 from atq output


• select the first fields only using cut and assuming a space as separator


• make newlines to spaces using tr
  

This gives you just the job numbers of at on a single line which then can be your input for atrm.

Pretest the selection by listing the job IDs only with just using

 atq | grep 'Oct 29' | cut -d' ' -f 1 | tr 'n' ' '

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atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 '

This would print the job IDs of the jobs that contain the string Oct 29. Passing this to xargs atrm would remove the jobs:

atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 ' | xargs atrm

The xargs utility reads from its standard input stream and executes the given utility with the argument read. If there are many arguments (probably not in this case), xargs may execute the utility multiple times.

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atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 '

This would print the job IDs of the jobs that contain the string Oct 29. Passing this to xargs atrm would remove the jobs:

atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 ' | xargs atrm

The xargs utility reads from its standard input stream and executes the given utility with the argument read. If there are many arguments (probably not in this case), xargs may execute the utility multiple times.

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atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 '

This would print the job IDs of the jobs that contain the string Oct 29. Passing this to xargs atrm would remove the jobs:

atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 ' | xargs atrm

The xargs utility reads from its standard input stream and executes the given utility with the argument read. If there are many arguments (probably not in this case), xargs may execute the utility multiple times.

share|improve this answer

edited 4 hours ago

answered 4 hours ago

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atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 '

This would print the job IDs of the jobs that contain the string Oct 29. Passing this to xargs atrm would remove the jobs:

atq | awk '/Oct 29/ print $1 ' | xargs atrm

The xargs utility reads from its standard input stream and executes the given utility with the argument read. If there are many arguments (probably not in this case), xargs may execute the utility multiple times.

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