Delayed Command Execution

Arguments

• duration: Time to wait before execution (e.g.,

  30s

  ,

  5m

  ,

  1h

  ,

  1h30m

  )
• command: The Bash command to run after the delay

Duration Format

Xs

30s

Xm

5m

Xh

1h

XhYm

1h30m

XhYmZs

1h5m30s

Workflow

1. Parse Duration

• Extract hours (

  h

  ), minutes (

  m

  ), and seconds (

  s

  ) components
• Calculate total seconds:

  hours * 3600 + minutes * 60 + seconds

duration="$1"
seconds=0

# Extract hours
if [[ $duration =~ ([0-9]+)h ]]; then
  seconds=$((seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} * 3600))
fi

# Extract minutes
if [[ $duration =~ ([0-9]+)m ]]; then
  seconds=$((seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]} * 60))
fi

# Extract seconds
if [[ $duration =~ ([0-9]+)s ]]; then
  seconds=$((seconds + ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}))
fi

2. Execute with Delay

sleep <seconds> && <command>

timeout

(seconds + 60) * 1000

run_in_background: true

sleep <seconds> && <command>

3. Report Result

• Display command output
• Report exit status
• Note total elapsed time

Examples

Short Delay (Synchronous)

/delayed-command 5m npm test

1. Parse: 5 minutes = 300 seconds
2. Execute:

   sleep 300 && npm test

   (timeout: 360000ms)
3. Report test results

Long Delay (Background)

/delayed-command 1h git commit -m "auto-commit"

1. Parse: 1 hour = 3600 seconds
2. Execute in background:

   sleep 3600 && git commit -m "auto-commit"

3. Return task ID for status checking

Combined Duration

/delayed-command 1h30m ./deploy.sh

1. Parse: 1h30m = 5400 seconds
2. Execute in background (>600s):

   sleep 5400 && ./deploy.sh

3. Inform user of background task

Error Handling