This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run once per day on Monday to Saturday.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
0 0 * * 1-6
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Once per day on Monday to Saturday.”
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 typically used for system maintenance or administration tasks, such as backing up data or updating software.
A crontab is a file containing commands and instructions for the cron daemon to execute. The crontab is used to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts) to run periodically at certain times or dates.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “once per day on Monday to Saturday“:
FUN FACT: Cron is typically used for things like system maintenance tasks, running backups etc..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run once per day on Monday to Saturday for several reasons, including:
- Automatically update software
- Perform security scans
- Check server load and performance
- Generate system backups
- Delete temporary files
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- once per week on Monday
- once per week on Wednesday
- once per week on Tuesday
- once per week on Thursday
- once per week on Saturday
- once per day on Thursday to Saturday
- once per day on Tuesday to Thursday
FUN FACT: If you want to see what commands are scheduled in your crontab, type: “crontab -l”.
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs once per day on Monday to Saturday. 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.
