= crontab = Cron is a time-based scheduling service in Linux / Unix-like computer operating systems. {{{#!highlight sh crontab -e # edit cron for current user crontab -l # list cron for current user }}} == Every ten minutes == {{{#!highlight sh */10 * * * * /path/to/command }}} == Every hour == {{{#!highlight sh 0 * * * * /path/to/command }}} == Every 2 hours == {{{#!highlight sh 0 */2 * * * /path/to/command }}} == Once a day at midnight == {{{#!highlight sh 0 0 * * * /path/to/command }}} == Once a day at eight am == {{{#!highlight sh 0 8 * * * /path/to/command }}} == Annotations == {{{#!highlight sh # Order of crontab fields # minute hour mday month wday command }}} {{{#!highlight sh string meaning ------ ------- @reboot Run once, at startup. @yearly Run once a year, "0 0 1 1 *". @annually (same as @yearly) @monthly Run once a month, "0 0 1 * *". @weekly Run once a week, "0 0 * * 0". @daily Run once a day, "0 0 * * *". @midnight (same as @daily) @hourly Run once an hour, "0 * * * *". }}}