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QuestionCan I set up a cron job to run every 15 minutes throughout the day, except for 3:00 AM? I have another task that I want to run at 3:00 AM and don't want these two conflicting.
QuestionI am trying to create a Cron expression that runs every day at 8:00 AM and 3:30 PM. I understand how to create an expression that runs once a day, but not at multiple set times.
QuestionI want to execute a task every 20 minutes, starting at 5 past the hour, is it possible to achieve this with Cron?
QuestionIs it possible to use cron to accomplish the following particular use case? I desire for the scheduler to trigger every five minutes from a specific start time, such as 1:00 PM to 5:45 PM.
QuestionHow can I write a Crontab that will run my script every 2 hours?
QuestionHow do I set a cron script for every 5 minutes without using the minutes divisible by 5?
QuestionI am trying to add a crontab entry to execute a script every 30 minutes, on the hour and 30 minutes past the hour or something similar. How can I do this?
QuestionHow can I create a cron job that will run on the last day of every month?
QuestionHow can I set up a cron job to run every night at 2:30? I am familiar with configuring it to run at 2:00, but not 2:30.
QuestionHow can one schedule a cron job for every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:00 pm?
QuestionI am looking to have a script run every 5 minutes, beginning at 13:02, and another script to run every 5 minutes starting at 13:04, so the second script runs two minutes after the start of the first job. How can I accomplish this?
QuestionHow can I run command every six hours every day?
QuestionHow can I run a script 20 times a day at random times, between 9am and 11pm?
QuestionCan I run a cronjob every three days?
QuestionHow do I set up a cron job that runs every day at 1PM, 2PM and 3PM?
QuestionHow do I set a cron job to run twice a week (bi-weekly)?
QuestionHow do you run a cron job every minute only on specific hours?
QuestionHow can I execute a cron job twice daily at midnight and 13:30?