CRONTAB Commands Cheat Sheet
Here is a cli commands cheat sheet for CRONTAB command, you can use this as a quick reminder for basic commands with a brief description for each of the commands.
What is CRONTAB command?
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# crontab format
* * * * * command_to_execute
- - - - -
| | | | |
| | | | +- day of week (0 - 7) (where sunday is 0 and 7)
| | | +--- month (1 - 12)
| | +----- day (1 - 31)
| +------- hour (0 - 23)
+--------- minute (0 - 59)
# example entries
# every 15 min
*/15 * * * * /home/user/command.sh
# every midnight
0 0 * * * /home/user/command.sh
# every Saturday at 8:05 AM
5 8 * * 6 /home/user/command.sh
# be careful with % sign (percent), it has special meaning, see https://crontab.guru/ for explanation
% signs must be escaped such as \%
Check out the CRONTAB command documentation .
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