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Cheat sheets for Cron

Cheat sheets for Cron

#Reference

Format

Min  Hour Day  Mon  Weekday
*    *    *    *    *  command to be executed
┬    ┬    ┬    ┬    ┬
│    │    │    │    └─  Weekday  (0=Sun .. 6=Sat)
│    │    │    └──────  Month    (1..12)
│    │    └───────────  Day      (1..31)
│    └────────────────  Hour     (0..23)
└─────────────────────  Minute   (0..59)

Examples

ExampleDescription
0 * * * *every hour
*/15 * * * *every 15 mins
0 */2 * * *every 2 hours
0 0 * * 0every Sunday midnight
@rebootevery reboot

Crontab

# Adding tasks easily
echo "@reboot echo hi" | crontab

# Open in editor
crontab -e

# List tasks
crontab -l [-u user]