This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 10 hours at 1 minutes past the hour.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
1 */10 * * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 10 hours at 1 minutes past the hour.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A cron job is a task that is scheduled to run at a specific time or interval. Cron jobs are commonly used to automate system maintenance or administration tasks, such as running backups or sending emails.
A crontab is a file that contains instructions for the cron daemon. The cron daemon is a program that runs in the background and executes tasks at specified times. A crontab file consists of a series of lines, each of which represents a task to be executed. Each line has five fields, separated by spaces or tabs.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 10 hours at 1 minutes past the hour“:
FUN FACT: When editing your crontab, it is important to use a text editor that supports Unix-style line endings (LF), as opposed to Windows-style line endings (CRLF)..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 10 hours at 1 minutes past the hour for several reasons, including:
- Check for new emails every 10 hours
- Update a remote database every 10 hours
- Generate a report every 10 hours
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 4 hours
- every 3 hours
- every 8 hours
- every 10 hours
- every 2 hours
- every 6 hours
- every hour between 4:00 am and 3:00 pm
- every hour between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm
- every hour between 6:00 am and 5:00 pm
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 hours at 1 minutes past the hour. 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.
