Shell script spawning a process after a delay

Question

How can I spawn a process after a delay in a shell script? I want a command to start 60 seconds after the script starts, but I want to keep running the rest of the script withou

Answer 1

Alternative:

echo 'echo "A"' | at now + 1 min

If somehow the OS is not running at the specified time, the command will be executed as soon as it is available.