Tag: crontab

  • crontab

    crontab command is used to list/editc cronjobs.

    To list all cronjobs for current user, run

    crontab -l
    

    To edit cronjob for current user, run

    crontab -e
    

    To edit for a specific user, you can use

    crontab -e -u USERNAME_HERE
    

    To list cronobs for a specific user, you can use

    crontab -l -u USERNAME_HERE
    

    See cronjob

  • cronjob

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    Cronjob Timing

    * * * * *  = every minute
    */5 * * * *  = every 5 minute
    0 * * * *  = every hour
    0 * * * *  = every day at 00:00 hour.
    0 0 * * 0  = every Sunday at 0 minutes, 0 hour.
    

    Here is how it works.

    # Example of job definition:
    # .---------------- minute (0 - 59)
    # |  .------------- hour (0 - 23)
    # |  |  .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
    # |  |  |  .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
    # |  |  |  |  .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
    # |  |  |  |  |
    # *  *  *  *  * user-name  command to be executed
    

    Disable cronjob output

    To disable cronjob output, add the following to the end of the script

     > /dev/null 2>&1
    

    or

     1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null
    

    Save cronjob result to file

    To save the result of a cronjob to a file, use

    20 5 * * * /bin/bash /usr/serverok/mysqldb-backup.sh > /var/log/mysqldb-backup.log 2>&1
    

    List all cronjobs

    To list all cronjob, run

    crontab -l
    

    To edit all cronjobs, run

    crontab -e