This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 7 days at 10:00 pm.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
0 22 */7 * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 7 days at 10:00 pm.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A crontab is a file that contains commands to be run at specified times. The crontab file is typically edited using the crontab command, which can be used to list, edit, or delete the contents of the file.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 7 days at 10:00 pm“:
FUN FACT: When configuring a cron job, you can specify the minute, hour, day of the month, month and day of the week when it should run – this gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of when your task will be performed automatically!.
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 7 days at 10:00 pm for several reasons, including:
- Automatically update a website’s content
- Generate a report of system activity
- Delete temporary files that are no longer needed
- Perform maintenance tasks on a database
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 10 days
- every 6 days
- every 9 days
- every 7 days
- every 2 days
- every 8 days
- every 8 days at 5:30 am
- every 5 days at 4:00 am
- every 8 days at 2:00 am
FUN FACT: If a cron job is not properly configured, it might never execute – so make sure you double-check your settings before setting one up!.
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 7 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.
