Cron Job Every 25 Minutes (Crontab)

This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 25 minutes.

The Cron Job/Crontab

To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:

*/25 * * * *

This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):

“Every 25 minutes.”

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 or administrative tasks, such as backing up data or updating software.

A crontab is a file that contains instructions for the cron daemon. The cron daemon is a program that runs in the background and executes tasks at specified times. A crontab file typically contains a list of commands, with each command being executed at a specified time.

Cron Fields

Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 25 minutes“:

Field 1: (*/25) indicates that the task will be run every 25 minutes.

Field 2: (*) indicates that the task will be run every hour.

Field 3: (*) indicates that the task will be run every day of the month.

Field 4: (*) indicates that the task will be run every month.

Field 5: (*) indicates that the task will be run every day of the week.

 

FUN FACT: Cron jobs are used to schedule commands or scripts to run automatically at a specified time and date..

Use Cases

You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 25 minutes for several reasons, including:

• Run a program that updates data every 25 minutes
• Delete temporary files every 25 minutes
• Back up files every 25 minutes

Similar Cron Jobs

You might also want to run a crontab:

• every minute
• every 15 minutes
• every 16 minutes
• every 6 minutes
• every 17 minutes
• every 9 minutes
• every minute between 4:00 am and 12:00 pm
• every minute between 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm

FUN FACT: Cron jobs are named after the Greek god of time, Chronos – so now you know where the name comes from!.

Wrapping Up

In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 25 minutes. 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.