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# atd

## atd

The atd command is used to start the at daemon. The at daemon is a service that allows you to schedule jobs to run at a later time.

To use the atd command, you first need to create a job file. A job file is a text file that contains the commands that you want to run at a later time.

For example, to schedule a job file called myjob.txt to run at 10:00 AM tomorrow, you would use the following command:

`at 10:00 tomorrow myjob.txt`

## help

```
atd [options]

Start the at daemon.

Options:

-f, --foreground   Run the at daemon in the foreground.
-h, --help         Show this help message.

For more information, see the atd man page.
```

### breakdown

```
-f, --foreground: This option tells atd to run in the foreground.
-h, --help: This option shows this help message.
```