Cron Job Every 10 Days At 2:00 pm (Crontab)

This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 10 days at 2:00 pm.

The Cron Job/Crontab

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

0 14 */10 * *

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

“Every 10 days at 2:00 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.

Each user has their own crontab file, and the commands in this file are only executed by that particular user. The file contains instructions for the cron daemon. To edit your crontab file, you can use the crontab command.

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 2:00 pm“:

Field 1: (0) indicates that the task will be run at minute 0.

Field 2: (14) indicates that the task will be run at hour 14 (2 pm).

Field 3: (*/10) indicates that the task will be run every 10 days.

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: A common use for cron jobs is to generate periodic reports – for example, you could set up a cron job to automatically generate and send out a report on website traffic statistics every week..

Use Cases

You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 10 days at 2:00 pm for several reasons, including:

• Run a backup of all user data once every 10 days
• Send out a report to all users detailing their usage statistics for the past 10 days
• Check for updates to third party software dependencies and download new versions

Similar Cron Jobs

You might also want to run a crontab:

• every 10 days
• every 9 days
• every 4 days
• every 5 days
• every 6 days
• every 10 days at 12:00 pm
• every 6 days at 6:30 am

FUN FACT: When editing your crontab, it is important to use a text editor that supports Unix-style line endings (LF), as opposed to Windows-style line endings (CRLF)..

Wrapping Up

In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 10 days at 2:00 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.