cron to update brew periodically

BrewUpdateCron.md

Brew Update as Cron Job

Regular job to update homebrew components.

Installation Guide

A short description for installation

macOS

A short documentation of launchd can be found here: https://www.launchd.info/ Create the file sh.brew.update.plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents.

sh.brew.update.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
    <dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>sh.brew.update</string>
        <key>Program</key>
        <string>/usr/local/bin/brew</string>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
            <string>update</string>
        </array>
        <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
        <dict>
            <key>Hour</key>
            <integer>9</integer>
            <key>Minute</key>
            <integer>0</integer>
        </dict>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/sh.brew.update.out</string>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/tmp/sh.brew.update.err</string>
    </dict>
</plist>