This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 1 hour at 10 minutes past the hour.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
10 * * * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 1 hour at 10 minutes past the hour.”
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 commonly used to automate system maintenance or administration tasks, such as running backups or sending emails.
A crontab (also known as a “cron table”) is a file that contains a list of commands that are executed at specified times.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “every 1 hour at 10 minutes past the hour“:
FUN FACT: If you need to temporarily disable a cron job, you can simply comment out the line in the crontab file that corresponds to that particular task..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 1 hour at 10 minutes past the hour for several reasons, including:
- Checking if there are any updates to a software package and, if so, downloading and installing the updates
- Generating reports on system usage statistics
- Cleaning up temporary files that are no longer needed
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 4 hours
- every 3 hours
- every 10 hours
- every 8 hours
- every 7 hours at 40 minutes past the hour
- every hour between 3:00 am and 1:00 pm
- every 12 hours at 30 minutes past the hour
FUN FACT: Cron jobs can be set up to run at specific times, or they can be configured to run periodically (e.g., every hour)..
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 1 hour at 10 minutes past the hour. 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.