Cron Schedule Every 10 Minutes

If you want to periodically perform a task (e.g. Sending Emails, backing up database, doing regular maintenance, etc.) at specified times and dates with linux than the following generator can help you produce a crontab syntax that you can copy & paste to your crontab file (You can open the file by using command crontab –e.Below the generated crontab syntax, a list of run times will be. All you need to do is, configure this cronjob in your system with the script/program you want to run, which can be done in an unix/linux based operating system as following: Step 1: Edit your cronjob file by running 'crontab -e' command. Step 2: Add the following line for every 2 minutes interval:./2. /path/to/your/script-or-program.

Frequently Asked Questions

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• How to run crontab every 2 minutes?

  Cronjob is a fantastic feature, that enables you to schedule your repetitive jobs. */2 * * * * let's you run a script/program every 2 minutes. All you need to do is, configure this cronjob in your system with the script/program you want to run, which can be done in an unix/linux based operating system as following:
  Step 1: Edit your cronjob file by running 'crontab -e' command
  Step 2: Add the following line for every 2 minutes interval:
  */2 * * * * /path/to/your/script-or-program
  Step 3: Save the file. That's it!
  

• How to run a script in crontab every 2 minutes?

  Cronjob let's you run a script to do a repetitive job in an efficent way, here's how you can schedule a cronjob for every 2 minutes:
  Step 1: Edit your cronjob file by running 'crontab -e' command
  Step 2) Add the following line for every 2 minutes interval:
  */2 * * * * /path/to/your/script
  Step 3: Save the file. That's it!
  

• Is */2 * * * * the right expression for every 2 minutes?

  Absolutely, this is the correct expression for the magic you are looking for. */2 * * * * let's you run a cronjob every 2 minutes.

• What are some examples of every 2 minutes crontab?

  There are potentially infinte examples for it. Think about any job that you want to run every 2 minutes, it can be processing some data, generating a report, crawling an external source, pinging another service etc.
  For example, if I want to check uptime of my website in every 1 minute, I can write a program to do this for me using this powerful functionality of scheduling.