how to implement a cron job code example
Example 1: create cron job from command line
#write out current crontab
crontab -l > mycron
#echo new cron into cron file
echo "00 09 * * 1-5 echo hello" >> mycron
#install new cron file
crontab mycron
rm mycron
Example 2: add new cron job in linux
For editing the cron job file :
crontab -e
For listing all the running cron job
systemctl status cron ----OR---- crontab -l
Example 3: How CRON jobs works
# Use the hash sign to prefix a comment
# +---------------- minute (0 - 59)
# | +------------- hour (0 - 23)
# | | +---------- day of month (1 - 31)
# | | | +------- month (1 - 12)
# | | | | +---- day of week (0 - 7) (Sunday=0 or 7)
# | | | | |
# * * * * * command to be executed
#-----------------------------------------------------------