This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 10 days at 2:30 pm.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
30 14 */10 * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 10 days at 2:30 pm.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A cron job is a time-based task that is typically set up to run automatically at regular intervals. For example, a cron job might be used to send out a daily email report or to back up files every night.
A crontab is a table or list of commands that are scheduled to run at specified times. The commands in a crontab file (also called a “cron table”) are normally executed by the cron daemon, which runs in the background and executes these commands automatically.
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 2:30 pm“:
FUN FACT: A common use for cron jobs is to generate periodic reports – for example, you could set up a cron job to automatically generate and send out a report on website traffic statistics every week..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 10 days at 2:30 pm for several reasons, including:
- Backup a database
- Generate reports
- Send out notifications or emails
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 9 days
- every 7 days
- every 10 days
- every 6 days
- every 4 days at 9:30 pm
- every 2 days at 11:30 am
- every 1 day at 8:30 am
FUN FACT: You can use cron to schedule just about anything!.
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 10 days at 2:30 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 crontab cheat sheet for a list of hundreds of popular cron jobs.
