# crontab

> Schedule cron jobs to run on a time interval for the current user.

- Edit the crontab file for the current user:

`crontab -e`

- View a list of existing cron jobs for current user:

`crontab -l`

- Remove all cron jobs for the current user:

`crontab -r`

- Cron job definition format:

`{{minute}} {{hour}} {{day_of_month}} {{month}} {{day_of_week}} {{command_to_execute}}`

- Sample job which runs at 10:00 every day. * means any value:

`0 10 * * * {{path/to/script.sh}}`

- Sample job which runs every minute on the 3rd of April:

`* * 3 4 * {{path/to/script.sh}}`

- Sample job which runs at 02:30 every friday:

`30 2 * * 5 {{path/to/script.sh}}`

# crontab

> Schedule cron jobs to run on a time interval for the current user.
> Job definition format: "(min) (hour) (day_of_month) (month) (day_of_week) command_to_execute".

- Edit the crontab file for the current user:

`crontab -e`

- View a list of existing cron jobs for current user:

`crontab -l`

- Remove all cron jobs for the current user:

`crontab -r`

- Sample job which runs at 10:00 every day. * means any value:

`0 10 * * * {{path/to/script.sh}}`

- Sample job which runs every minute on the 3rd of April:

`* * 3 Apr * {{path/to/script.sh}}`

- Sample job which runs at 02:30 every Friday:

`30 2 * * Fri {{path/to/script.sh}}`

Use day/month names instead of nos.
cron: Use day/month names instead of nos.
