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Using a command-line interface allows all manner of expression that clicking a list of buttons could never achieve. But for all the nice tools in bash, the one I use most often to make my life easier is just `sleep`.
Want to shut down the computer and leave, but don't want to shut off the music just yet?
sleep 5m; sudo shutdown -h now
Want to download a film, but can't lose the bandwidth right now?
sleep 5h && yt-dlp 'https://archive.org/details/sedermasochism/' && exit
https://archive.org/details/sedermasochism/
Need to email someone in 10 minutes?
sleep 10m; notify-send Email person &
Getting to know the terminal has all been worth the hassle, simply for the sleep command.