title: Cron job with shell script
body: <p>i am trying to run a shell script using cronjob after every 2 minutes. I opened my terminal then typed</p>
  
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    <p>crontab-e</p>
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  <p>once i execute this command i am writing my command </p>
  
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    <p>*/2 * * * * /home/test/test/test.sh</p>
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  <p>but i am getting an error as </p>
  
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    <p>E486: Pattern not found: 2 * * * * </p>
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  <p>please help as i am new to this and i don't know why it is happening.
  If you give me any links and code on hwo to execute cronjob it would help.</p>