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Cron Cheat Sheet
Print-ready cheat sheet for Cron, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use
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What's in this cheat sheet
- Syntax
- Special Strings
- Examples
- Environment
- Logging
- Common Schedules
- crontab Commands
- Tips
Crontab Format
# ┌───── minute (0-59)
# │ ┌───── hour (0-23)
# │ │ ┌───── day of month (1-31)
# │ │ │ ┌───── month (1-12)
# │ │ │ │ ┌───── day of week (0-7, 0&7=Sun)
# * * * * * command
Field Values
* | Any value (wildcard) |
, | Value list: `1,3,5` |
- | Range: `1-5` |
/ | Step: `*/10` (every 10) |
0-59 | Minutes range |
0-23 | Hours range |
1-31 | Day of month range |
1-12 | Month range (or JAN-DEC) |
0-7 | Day of week (0&7=Sun, or SUN-SAT) |
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