How can I make a command run once the next time I log in?

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How can I schedule a command to run the next time I log in? I don't want it to run every time, just once.

Similar to [How to run scripts on start up of ubuntu?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/814/how-to-run-scripts-on-start-up-of-ubuntu) — Marco Ceppi, Dec 28 '10 at 13:13

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '10 at 08:02

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This is really "ugly" solution, but you can add classic logon/startup script and after first run remove this script automatically.

#!/bin/bash

your command &
rm /path/to/script/yourscript.sh

The script will be removed, so it can't be started again.

(I'm sure there's a bettter solution, but I don't know it.)

answered Dec 28 '10 at 08:02

Vojtech Trefny

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This gets the job done. For insurance, I went with `mv "$0" /home/user/.old-scripts/` instead of rm. – ændrük Jan 19 '11 at 19:18

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

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running a script has couple of options How to run scripts on start up?

I would try .gnomerc one, you can make it one time by making your script remove itself from .gnomerc once its done.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

Community

answered Dec 28 '10 at 08:16

narkisr

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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This is already covered on this very site : How to run scripts on start up?

The second answer down seems to be the cleanest solution.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

answered Dec 28 '10 at 09:22

Scaine

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This question is about running it during the next log in only, not during every start of the system. – Olathe Jun 04 '13 at 14:26
True enough. I saw the 'autostart' tag and took it from there. – Scaine Jun 05 '13 at 15:01

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