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How to Use the stime Command in Linux to Set the Start Time of a Process

`stime` is a command in Linux that stands for "start time" and it is used to set the start time of a process or thread. It can be used to specify the start time of a process, so that the process will not start until the specified time has been reached.

For example, if you want a process to start at 10:00 AM, you can use the following command:
```
stime my_process 10:00
```
This will set the start time of the `my_process` process to 10:00 AM.

You can also use the `-d` option to specify the date and time in a more human-readable format:
```
stime -d 2023-03-15T10:00 my_process
```
This will set the start time of the `my_process` process to March 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM.

Note that the `stime` command only works on processes that have not yet started. If a process has already started, you cannot use the `stime` command to change its start time.

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