This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 10 days at 8:30 pm.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
30 20 */10 * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 10 days at 8:30 pm.”
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 maintenance 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 “every 10 days at 8:30 pm“:
FUN FACT: When configuring a cron job, you can specify the minute, hour, day of the month, month and day of the week when it should run – this gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of when your task will be performed automatically!.
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 10 days at 8:30 pm for several reasons, including:
- Automatically send out a report to all employees every 10 days
- Backup files on the server every 10 days
- Run a script to check for updates to dependencies every 10 days
- Sync data from an external source every 10 days
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 10 days
- every 2 days
- every 7 days
- every 5 days
- every 7 days at 11:00 am
- every 7 days at 1:00 pm
- every 10 days at 12:30 pm
FUN FACT: Cron is one of the most powerful tools available on a Linux system – use it wisely!.
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 10 days at 8:30 pm. 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.