Title: Linux crontab

Description: While using linux as application host, there are quite a lot chance that we need to schedule task to be executed on specific time, such as daily backup task and frequently executed system tasks. Cron job is reliable and well tested scheduler tools in Linux.

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list all cron job

crontab -l

edit cron job

crontab -e

remove all cron job

crontab -r

Sample of crontab

Execute every 5 mins

# */{delay} * * * * {command} 
*/5 * * * * {command} # execute every 5 minutes.

Execute every hour

# {minutes} * * * * {command}
1 * * * * {command} # execute every the time is at first minute per hour.

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