At is not working in ubuntu 12.04

andy@fileserver:~$ at 12:40
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> echo "test" | tee ~/test.txt
at> <EOT>
job 2 at Wed Oct 23 12:40:00 2013
andy@fileserver:~$ date
Wed Oct 23 12:36:55 BST 2013
                   .
                   .
               later
                   .
                   .
andy@fileserver:~$ date
Wed Oct 23 12:39:22 BST 2013
andy@fileserver:~$ ls
Desktop Downloads Music Public Videos
Documents Dropbox Pictures Templates
andy@fileserver:~$ date
Wed Oct 23 12:40:01 BST 2013
andy@fileserver:~$ ls
Desktop Downloads Music Public test.txt
Documents Dropbox Pictures Templates Videos
andy@fileserver:~$ cat ./test.txt
test
andy@fileserver:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise

Works fine

Where did you expect to get the output?
The at command is executed in a completely different environment that your terminal window.
I am sure that the at command worked well, and that it has echoed the string "hia" to its own output that (according to "man at") should have been mailed to you - but I guess you will not have set up your system as mail server for that to work.

Better define where the command should store its output in a manner like actionparsnip has shown in his answer
e.g.
at 10:12
echo hia >> ~/myatjob.log

I got it but i would like execute commands
for e.g
at 22:50
at>shutdown +30
at><EOT>
at>
but it is not working.can you please tell me is it possible or not?
Thanks in advance

On 23/10/2013, Manfred Hampl <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #237893 on sudo in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/237893
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> Where did you expect to get the output?
> The at command is executed in a completely different environment that your
> terminal window.
> I am sure that the at command worked well, and that it has echoed the string
> "hia" to its own output that (according to "man at") should have been mailed
> to you - but I guess you will not have set up your system as mail server for
> that to work.
>
> Better define where the command should store its output in a manner like
> actionparsnip has shown in his answer
> e.g.
> at 10:12
> echo hia >> ~/myatjob.log
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/237893/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/237893
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

I got it but i would like execute commands
for e.g
at 22:50
at>shutdown +30
at><EOT>
at>
but it is not working.can you please tell me is it possible or not?
Thanks in advance

On 23/10/2013, Manfred Hampl <email address hidden> wrote:
> Your question #237893 on sudo in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/237893
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> Where did you expect to get the output?
> The at command is executed in a completely different environment that your
> terminal window.
> I am sure that the at command worked well, and that it has echoed the string
> "hia" to its own output that (according to "man at") should have been mailed
> to you - but I guess you will not have set up your system as mail server for
> that to work.
>
> Better define where the command should store its output in a manner like
> actionparsnip has shown in his answer
> e.g.
> at 10:12
> echo hia >> ~/myatjob.log
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/237893/+confirm?answer_id=1
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+question/237893
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

Hello,

I found this in the "man" :
 -t time run the job at time, given in the format [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss]

I did not have any job registered, so I simply tried:

at -t 201310232035 -c sample

Result:

at: unknown jobid: sample

At least I think that the time given was accepted
Maybe you can investigate further with this hint

Good luck
Enrico

Thanking you for your help