Cron Job Every Minute Between 6:00 pm & 7:00 pm (Crontab)

This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run every minute between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

The Cron Job/Crontab

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

* 18-19 * * *

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

“Every minute between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm.”

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 text file containing a list of commands that are executed at specified times. The commands in the crontab are executed by the cron daemon, which runs in the background and checks for new entries every minute.

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 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm“:

Field 1: (*) indicates that the task will be run every minute.

Field 2: (18-19) indicates that the task will be run between hours 18 and 19 (6 pm to 7 pm).

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: You can use cron to schedule just about anything!.

Use Cases

You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run every minute between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm for several reasons, including:

• Run a backup every minute during that hour
• Perform maintenance tasks (e.g. clear caches, rotate logs) every minute during that hour
• Send out a daily report every minute during that hour

Similar Cron Jobs

You might also want to run a crontab:

• every 16 minutes
• every 6 minutes
• every 28 minutes
• every 27 minutes
• every minute between 6:00 am and 5:00 pm
• every minute between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm
• every minute between 2:00 am and 11:00 pm

FUN FACT: Each user on a system can have their own crontab, and commands in them will be executed as that user..

Wrapping Up

In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs every minute between 6:00 pm and 7:00 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 cron job cheat sheet for a list of hundreds of popular cron jobs.