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Any tutorials or links on how to do so? I am still a noob so I apologize in advance.
There's no need to be sorry for being noob. I also recognized that from your original post.
Fast and short bash-scripting course with actually useful tasks:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT98CRl2KxKGj-VKtApD8-zCqSaN2mD4w
For cron write 'man cron' into your terminal and read the manpage docs on how to use cron. As already suggested 'crontab -e' is the command you need, but a quick look in the docs explains you how it actually works.
I don't give you direct answers simply because I want you to learn Linux by yourself and enjoy the benefits of it :)
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/playlist?list=PLT98CRl2KxKGj-VKtApD8-zCqSaN2mD4w
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Since you only need to run a single command as a user open terminal and give command 'crontab -e'. If you haven't set an editor it'll ask for one, pick nano.
The syntax for crontab is like this (man 5 crontab will show it on your system as well):
So, in your case put in this line:
I'm not sure if sct is really at that path and I don't have that installed, so verify that first (run 'which sct'). Save the file and exit editor (ctrl+o, ctrl+x on nano). That's it. However, I don't quarantee results with that, since X with environment variables and all may cause issues, but if that's the case I'm sure this community can help with that as well.
I am seriously confused because I follow multiple Youtube videos, and also came to the solution you suggested which is to run "which sct", and it ended up being /usr/bin/sct like you said but the command just does not run when the time comes. I am not sure what "X with environment variables" means so I would appreciate if you could explain and I can research further
Yeah, a great way to get something that doesn't quite work right.
Probably because they both took it straight from the same StackOverflow answer.
ChatGPT does not actually understand things.
Oh, the irony.
They came to this place to get an answer from a person with firsthand experience, not to be told to ask an AI
I'm well aware of its capabilities and it can do a lot, undoubtedly. I just imagine that if they're going to a social media site to ask a question the goal is to have a person give them advice rather than being told to take the question elsewhere.
But it is what it is, my reply wasn't meant to be a diss on ChatGPT, it's a cool tool. Just personal preference at the end of the day. For some things I could see myself using ChatGPT for convenience, for other things where I'm not so hellbent on saving time I find it much more fulfilling to research and gain a better understanding through my own searches or from interacting with others and getting different human perspectives on a topic.