mac os x schedule not cron zsh

sched.md

sched

One off jobs in Mac OS X can be scheduled using the zsh command sched

to run a script in 10 minutes:

sched +600 /path/to/my-script.sh

run a script at 12:30 local time:

sched 12:30 /path/to/my-script.sh

run shell command in 10 seconds (-o will clear the terminal line before event):

sched -o 10 echo "hello"

take a look at the currently scheduled jobs:

• run sched with no arguments
• environment variable echo $zsh_scheduled_events

remove item from schedule list by referencing the item number from sched commend. remove item number 3 from the list:

sched -3