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Timers

Explore how to use the Python threading module's Timer class to execute functions after a delay. Understand starting, cancelling timers, and practical use cases like controlling long-running commands in Linux.

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The threading module has a neat class called Timer that we can use to represent an action that should take place after a specified amount of time. They actually spin up their own custom thread and are started using the same start() method that a regular ...