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Cronjob in Linux

• In this lecture we will learn about Cronjobs in Linux .

The basic usage of cron is to execute a job in a specific time. The crontab is a list of commands that you want to run on a regular schedule, and also the name of the command used to manage that list. Crontab stands for cron table because it uses the job scheduler cron to execute tasks. The schedule is called the crontab, which is also the name of the program used to edit that schedule.

Linux Crontab Format

Expressions used and Description

Crontab commands

Crontab Examples

*/30 * * * * Every 30 mins

0 * * * * Every hour

0 0 * * 0 At midnight of every Sunday

0 0 0 15 * * Every 15th of month (monthly)

0 0 0 1 1 * Every 1st of january (yearly)

@reboot Every reboot