how can I kill a program at a specified time?

[sam_baker2]

hello, I want to be able to kill a program at a specified time. I don't want to set up the cron tab, I just want a simple command to type into the terminal. Example: I want to kill Firefox, say, in 2 hours and 10 minutes, how would I do that? I think it involves the "at" and "kill" command, but don't know how to word it. Thanks for any info.

[ajgreeny]

You could do it with a simple sleep addition to the kill command eg
sleep 60m; killall applicationJust change the sleep length and application to fit your situation.

I used to do this in the past to record online radio streams, eg

/usr/bin/mplayer -cache 2048 -playlist stream-URL -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast:waveheader:file=filename.wav & sleep 60m; killall mplayer

[steeldriver]

Something like



echo 'pkill firefox' | at now + 130 minutes


should work, I think

[sam_baker2]

ok, thanks