This page will help you quickly and easily set up a cron job to run once per day on Sunday to Tuesday.
The Cron Job/Crontab
To have your task run at this frequency, use the following cron:
0 0 * * 0-2
This cron command translates to the following (in Human-Readable format):
“Once per day on Sunday to Tuesday.”
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.
Crontab files are stored in the “/etc/cron*” directories on most Linux systems. Each user has their own crontab file, and there is also a system-wide crontab file that can be used to schedule system tasks.
Cron Fields
Every cron job uses five fields. Here is an explanation of what each field does in this cron, which runs “once per day on Sunday to Tuesday“:
FUN FACT: Cron jobs are used to schedule commands or scripts to run automatically at a specified time and date..
Use Cases
You might want to set up a crontab or cron job to run once per day on Sunday to Tuesday for several reasons, including:
- Run a daily backup at 2:00 AM on Sunday to Tuesday
- Update a blog once per day on Sunday to Tuesday
- Check for software updates once per day on Sunday to Tuesday
Similar Cron Jobs
You might also want to run a crontab:
- once per week on Thursday
- once per week on Wednesday
- once per week on Friday
- once per week on Tuesday
- once per day on Saturday to Sunday
- once per day on Monday to Thursday
FUN FACT: When troubleshooting issues with cron jobs, it can be helpful to run them manually from the command line – this will allow you to see any error messages that might be generated..
Wrapping Up
In this article, you learned how to set up a cron job that runs once per day on Sunday to Tuesday. 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.