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An administrator discovers a pending job for the at command. Which of the following does the administrator need to use to remove it?

The correct answer is A. atrm. To remove a pending job scheduled with the at command, the administrator must use the atrm utility.

Submitted by eva_at· Apr 18, 2026Essential Commands

Question

An administrator discovers a pending job for the at command. Which of the following does the administrator need to use to remove it?

Options

  • Aatrm
  • Batq -r
  • Cat -e
  • Drmat

How the community answered

(55 responses)
  • A
    91% (50)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

To remove a pending job scheduled with the `at` command, the administrator must use the `atrm` utility.

AatrmCorrect

The `atrm` command (at remove) is specifically designed to delete jobs that have been scheduled using the `at` command by referencing their job number. This provides direct control over the `at` job queue, allowing for the cancellation of future tasks.

Batq -r

`atq` lists pending `at` jobs, but the `-r` option is not standard for removal; `atq` is for querying, not removing jobs from the queue.

Cat -e

`at -e` is used to edit an `at` job's details, not to remove the job itself from the queue.

Drmat

`rmat` is not a standard Linux command for managing `at` jobs.

Concept tested: Managing `at` scheduled jobs

Source: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man1/at.1.html

Topics

#at command#Job scheduling#Command-line utilities

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