This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every 10 hours at 20 minutes past the hour.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
20 */10 * * *
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Every 10 hours at 20 minutes past the hour.”
What is a Cron Job & Crontab?
A cron job is a task that is scheduled to run at a specified time or interval. Cron jobs are typically used to perform system maintenance or administration tasks, such as backing up data or generating reports.
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 10 hours at 20 minutes past the hour“:
FUN FACT: Cron jobs can be used to automate just about any task that needs to be performed regularly – so get creative and see what you can come up with!.
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every 10 hours at 20 minutes past the hour for several reasons, including:
- A daily backup that runs every 10 hours
- A process that updates a remote database every 10 hours
- A cron job that emails a report every 10 hours
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- every 5 hours
- every 4 hours
- every 8 hours
- every 6 hours
- every 10 hours
- every hour between 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm
- every 10 hours at 30 minutes past the hour
- every hour between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm
FUN FACT: Cron jobs are stored in a file called “crontab”, which is short for “cron table”..
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every 10 hours at 20 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.