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Linux Crontab Examples
Linux Cron utility is an effective way to schedule a routine background job at a specific time and/or day on an on-going basis.
Linux Crontab Command Format
MIN HOUR DOM MON DOW CMD
Table: Crontab Fields and Allowed Ranges (Linux Crontab Syntax)
Field Description Allowed Value MIN Minute field 0 to 59 HOUR Hour field 0 to 23 DOM Day of Month 1-31 MON Month field 1-12 DOW Day Of Week 0-6 CMD Command Any command to be executed.
Scheduling a Job For a Specific Time
The basic usage of cron is to execute a job in a specific time as shown below. This will execute the Full backup shell script (full-backup) on 10th June 08:30 AM.
Please note that the time field uses 24 hours format. So, for 8 AM use 8, and for 8 PM use 20.
30 08 10 06 * /home/ramesh/full-backup * 30 – 30th Minute * 08 – 08 AM * 10 – 10th Day * 06 – 6th Month (June) * * – Every day of the week
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