What is Crontab?
Crontab allows users to schedule commands or scripts at fixed times or intervals.
Shell Script · Lesson
Scheduling Scripts with Crontab
Cron is a time-based job scheduler in Linux used to run scripts automatically.
Edit Crontab
infounix@prodcrontab -e
Run backup daily at 2 AM
infounix@prod0 2 * * * /home/user/backup.sh
Crontab Fields
- Minute (0–59)
- Hour (0–23)
- Day of Month (1–31)
- Month (1–12)
- Day of Week (0–7)