Cron Tool

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How cron works

A cron expression defines when a command runs.

MIN HOUR DAY MONTH WEEKDAY COMMAND

Examples

*/5 * * * *  → every 5 minutes
0 3 * * *    → daily at 03:00
0 8 * * 1    → Mondays at 08:00

What are Cron and Crontab?

Cron is the Linux and Unix task scheduler.

Crontab is the file where scheduled cron jobs are stored.

crontab -e   Edit cron jobs
crontab -l   List cron jobs
crontab -r   Remove cron jobs

* * * * *
| | | | |
| | | | +-- weekday
| | | +---- month
| | +------ day
| +-------- hour
+---------- minute

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