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Bash Schedule (cron)

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Summary

Cron is a task scheduler in Linux that automatically executes commands at a given time. You manage the schedule using crontab commands, like crontab -e to edit and -l to view the list. The time format consists of five columns: minutes, hours, dates, months, and days in a week.

Key points

l display, -r delete the schedule
Five time columns: minutes to hours
The memory column and so on is the executable command.
The cron is usually found in

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