This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 10 days at 10:00 pm.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
0 22 */10 * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 10 days at 10:00 pm.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A crontab is a text file containing a list of commands that are executed at specified times. The commands in the crontab are executed by the cron daemon, which runs in the background and checks for new entries every minute.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 10 days at 10:00 pm“:
FUN FACT: If you need to temporarily disable a cron job, you can simply comment out the line in the crontab file that corresponds to that particular task..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 10 days at 10:00 pm for several reasons, including:
- Generate a report of user activity and send it to the administrator
- Back up the database
- Delete temporary files that are no longer needed
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 7 days
- every 1 day
- every 3 days
- every 8 days
- every 2 days
- every 3 days at 10:30 am
- every 7 days at 7:00 am
FUN FACT: Cron is one of the most versatile tools in a Linux administrator’s toolbox..
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 10 days at 10:00 pm. Please share this page with friends and colleagues if you find it useful.
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If you are looking for cron jobs that run at certain minutes, hours, days, weekdays, or months, or if you are looking for miscellaneous cron jobs, then check out our relevant sections, or visit our cron job cheat sheet for a list of hundreds of popular cron jobs.
