cron

What is cron?

cron is a CLI job scheduler on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux

A cron job is a job (command or shell script) that runs periodically at fixed times, dates or intervals

cron is typically used for system maintenance of administration, but it’s general-purpose nature makes it useful for doing anything at a regular interval e.g. downloading files or emails

Links

• Cron - Wikipedia
• cron(8) - Linux manual page
• Crontab.guru - The cron schedule expression editor - A quick and simple editor for cron schedule expressions
• Cron expression generator by Cronhub - Another simple editor for cron schedule expressions

Learning Resources

• Linux Crash Course - Scheduling Tasks with Cron - YouTubeVideo by Learn Linux TV