⏰ Shell Cron Jobs

📖 What is Cron?

Cron is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like systems. It lets you run commands/scripts automatically at scheduled times.

📦 Common Commands

• crontab -l — List your cron jobs
• crontab -e — Edit your cron jobs
• crontab -r — Remove your cron jobs
• * * * * * command — Cron schedule syntax

🕒 Cron Syntax

MIN HOUR DAY MONTH WEEKDAY command

• * — Any value
• 0-59 — Minutes
• 0-23 — Hours
• 1-31 — Day of month
• 1-12 — Month
• 0-7 — Day of week (0 or 7 = Sunday)

💻 Try It Yourself