title: Crontab, Meaning of */50 in Minutes Field
body: <p>OK, I see a crontab line like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>*/50 * * * 1-6 command
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now, if my research is correct, something like */2 makes sense (minutes divided by 2, or every 2 minutes) and */5 makes sense (every 5 minutes).</p>
  
  <p>In fact, the command happens to run at 50 minutes after the hour. Which makes sense as 60/50 is 0 remainder 50. But if that is the desired effect, why not just put 50 instead of */50?</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something, or did the original programmer just get too clever?</p>
  
  <p>I'd like to just change it to 50, which I believe was the original intent, but I don't want to change anything without understanding the effects.</p>