# Unix command queues

## Implementations

- [at](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/at.html) and [batch](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/batch.html). Require a daemon. Standard POSIX tools. `sudo apt install at` on Debian/Ubuntu.
- [nq](https://github.com/leahneukirchen/nq). No daemon. Elegant. `sudo apt install nq` on Debian/Ubuntu.
- [Pueue](https://github.com/Nukesor/pueue). Requires a daemon. Nice output. `cargo install pueue` with [Rust](https://rustup.rs/).
- [Task Spooler](https://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/soft/ts/). No daemon. `sudo apt install task-spooler` on Debian/Ubuntu.

## See also

- ["LPD for fun and MP3 playing"](https://patrick.wagstrom.net/weblog/2003/05/23/lpdforfunandmp3playing/)

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Published 2021-01-27, updated 2021-01-27.

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