This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every minute between 3:00 am and 1:00 pm.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
* 3-13 * * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every minute between 3:00 am and 1:00 pm.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A cron job is a time-based task that is set to run at specific intervals. This can be anything from running a script every hour to backing up a database every day. Cron jobs are typically used for maintenance or automation purposes.
A crontab is a text file that contains a list of commands to be run at specified times. The commands in the crontab are executed by the cron daemon, which runs on most Unix-like systems.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every minute between 3:00 am and 1:00 pm“:
FUN FACT: Cron jobs are automated processes that run on a schedule..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every minute between 3:00 am and 1:00 pm for several reasons, including:
- As a daily backup at 3:00 am
- To check for new emails every minute between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm
- To send out a reminder email at 10:00 am
- To run a system maintenance script at 11:59 pm
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 9 minutes
- every 3 minutes
- every 28 minutes
- every 24 minutes
- every 15 minutes
- every 26 minutes
- every minute between 12:00 am and 5:00 am
- every minute between 5:00 pm and 7:00 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!.
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every minute between 3:00 am and 1:00 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 crontab cheat sheet for a list of hundreds of popular cron jobs.