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crontab syntax
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string meaning | |
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@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 * * * *". | |
An example of crontab format with commented fields is as follows: | |
# Minute Hour Day of Month Month Day of Week Command | |
# (0-59) (0-23) (1-31) (1-12 or Jan-Dec) (0-6 or Sun-Sat) | |
0 2 12 * 0,6 /usr/bin/find |
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