Wake up your computer using rtcwake

GNU/Linux

If we want to “wake up” the computer at a certain moment, we can use the rtcwake command. rtcwake hibernates or suspends the system and to automatically wake from it at a specified time, for example:

To hibernate your system for for 2 hours and then wake up automatically, run

# rtcwake -s 7200 -m disk

where:

  • -s 7200: It is the time in seconds that the system will be hibernating, then it “wakes up”
  • -m disk: In this mode memory content is written to the disk

Further reading

  • – man rtcwake

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