2016-02-15 11:02:20 -05:00
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# crontab
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> Schedule cron jobs to run on a time interval for the current user.
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- Edit the crontab file for the current user:
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`crontab -e`
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- View a list of existing cron jobs for current user:
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`crontab -l`
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- Remove all cron jobs for the current user:
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`crontab -r`
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2016-03-14 19:25:51 +00:00
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2016-09-07 23:10:11 +05:30
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- Cron job definition format:
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`{{minute}} {{hour}} {{day_of_month}} {{month}} {{day_of_week}} {{command_to_execute}}`
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- Sample job which runs at 10:00 every day. * means any value:
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`0 10 * * * {{path/to/script.sh}}`
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- Sample job which runs every minute on the 3rd of April:
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`* * 3 4 * {{path/to/script.sh}}`
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- Sample job which runs at 02:30 every friday:
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`30 2 * * 5 {{path/to/script.sh}}`
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