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I need a sleep timer, anyone have recommendations? I cant seem to find a sleep timer for linux. I want to turn my computer off after like 30 min of ...
  1. 03-15-2007 #1
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    Sleep Timer For Ubuntu?

    I need a sleep timer, anyone have recommendations? I cant seem to find a sleep timer for linux. I want to turn my computer off after like 30 min of listening to pandora
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  2. 09-17-2007 #2
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    The command line tool "shutdown" will do the trick. Try this:

    Code:
    shutdown -h +30
    +30 for 30 minutes, -h to actually turn the machine off (instead of just shutting down the operating system)
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