OSALT: Open-source Scripting Automation Linux Toolkit is a tool that helps with scheduled scripting automation on Linux systems The code will be in bash. It is an implementation of systemd.
- Set up statup script
- Add script to config.json
- Copy script to config directory and change rights
- Create systemd service
- Enable service
- Set up shutdown script
- Add script to config.json
- Copy script to config directory and change rights
- Create systemd service
- Set up scheduled script
- Add script to config.json
- Copy script to config directory and change rights
- Create systemd service
- Create systemd timer
- List user's scripts
- Delete scripts
- Remove script from folder
- Disable systemd service
- Delete systemd service
- Disable script
- Set up triggered script
- See how to set up run at start (systemctl/cron/?)
- See how to set up run at shutdown
osalt [options] [script_name]
Options:
-s, --startup <script_name> Add a startup script.
-w, --shutdown <script_name> Add a shutdown script.
-c, --scheduled <script_name> Add a scheduled script.
-d, --delete <script_name> Delete a script.
-l, --list List all available scripts.
-h, --help Prints this help.
Examples:
osalt -s my_startup_script.sh
osalt -h my_shutdown_script.sh
osalt -c my_scheduled_script.sh
osalt -v my_startup_script.sh
osalt -d my_shutdown_script.sh
osalt -l
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Timers
| Explanation | Systemd timer |
|---|---|
| Every Minute | *-*-* *:*:00 |
| Every 2 minutes | *-*-* *:*/2:00 |
| Every 5 minutes | *-*-* *:*/5:00 |
| Every 15 minutes | *-*-* *:*/15:00 |
| Every quarter hour | *-*-* *:*/15:00 |
| Every 30 minutes | *-*-* *:*/30:00 |
| Every half an hour | *-*-* *:*/30:00 |
| Every 60 minutes | *-*-* */1:00:00 |
| Every 1 hour | *-*-* *:00:00 |
| Every 2 hours | *-*-* */2:00:00 |
| Every 3 hours | *-*-* */3:00:00 |
| Every other hour | *-*-* */2:00:00 |
| Every 6 hours | *-*-* */6:00:00 |
| Every 12 hours | *-*-* */12:00:00 |
| Hour Range | *-*-* 9-17:00:00 |
| Between certain hours | *-*-* 9-17:00:00 |
| Every day | *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Daily | *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Once A day | *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every Night | *-*-* 01:00:00 |
| Every Day at 1am | *-*-* 01:00:00 |
| Every day at 2am | *-*-* 02:00:00 |
| Every morning | *-*-* 07:00:00 |
| Every midnight | *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every day at midnight | *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every night at midnight | *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every Sunday | Sun *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every Friday | Fri *-*-* 01:00:00 |
| Every Friday at midnight | Fri *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every Saturday | Sat *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every weekday | Mon...Fri *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Weekdays only | Mon...Fri *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Monday to Friday | Mon...Fri *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every weekend | Sat,Sun *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Weekends only | Sat,Sun *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every 7 days | * *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every week | Sun *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Weekly | Sun *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Once a week | Sun *-*-* 00:00:00 |
| Every month | * *-*-01 00:00:00 |
| Monthly | * *-*-01 00:00:00 |
| Once a month | * *-*-01 00:00:00 |
| Every quarter | * *-01,04,07,10-01 00:00:00 |
| Every 6 months | * *-01,07-01 00:00:00 |
| Every year | * *-01-01 00:00:00 |
