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.---------------- minute (0 - 59)
| .------------- hour (0 - 23)
| | .---------- day of month (1 - 31)
| | | .------- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
| | | | .---- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
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* * * * * user-name command to be executed
Here are some examples to illustrate different cron job schedules:
Example 1: Run at 12:55 every day
55 12 * * * root hi
This command runs hi as the root user every day at 12:55.
Example 2: Run every minute
*/1 * * * * root hi
This command runs hi as the root user every minute.
Example 3: Run every 2 minutes
*/2 * * * * root hi
This command runs hi as the root user every 2 minutes.
Example 4: Run at specific minutes
10,20,30 10 * * * root hi
This command runs hi as the root user at 10:10, 10:20, and 10:30.
Example 5: Run after every reboot
@reboot root hi
This command runs hi as the root user after system reboot.