Example crontab

The following are a few examples of the crontab command:
• Use the following command to run a script every 5 minutes, every day:
5 * * * * $HOME/bin/daily.job >> $HOME/tmp/out 2>&1
• Use the following command to run 5 minutes after midnight every day:
5 0 * * * $HOME/bin/daily.job >> $HOME/tmp/out 2>&1
• Use the following command to run at 2.15 P.M. on the first of every
month—the output is mailed to Paul:
15 14 1 * * * $HOME/bin/monthly
• Use the following command to run at 10 P.M. on weekdays, send the
e-mail to ganesh@abc.com:
0 22 * * 1-5 sendmail ganesh@abc.com < ~/work/email.txt
• The sendmail utility is used for sending e-mails. We can use the mail utility
also as follows:
sendmail user@example.com < /tmp/email.txt
• The following commands are self-explanatory from text of echo:
23 0-23/2 * * * echo "run 23 minutes after midn, 2 am, 4 am,
everyday
5 4 * * sun echo "run at 5 after 4 every Sunday"
The following are a few more crontab command examples: