How can I run a command (a script) after boot?

Question

I want to run a simple command after boot.

cd /mypath
# then
./mycommand

How can I do it?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '18 at 15:03

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Two solutions:

The first one is to put the full path of the command in /etc/rc.local:

/mypath/mycommand

or, the cron way:

crontab -e

@reboot cd /mypath;./mycommand

From the crontab manual:

 @reboot        Run once, at startup.

answered Mar 05 '18 at 15:03

user8292439

/etc/rc.local is available for 16.04, but 17.10 and 18.04 aren't at least you make it available for systemd. – Néstor Nov 13 '18 at 15:37

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