Linux Cron Job Setup Tutorial

To set up a cron scheduled task, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the terminal and enter the following command to edit the cron schedule task list:

crontab -e

1. In the opened file, add the configuration for the tasks you want to execute. The format for each line is: minute hour day month day_of_week command. For example, to run a script every day at 9 AM, you can add the following content:

0 9 * * * /path/to/your/script.sh

1. Save and exit the file. You can press Ctrl + X, then press Y to save the changes.
2. You can use the following command to view the current list of cron scheduled tasks:

crontab -l

1. If you wish to remove all cron scheduled tasks, you can use the following command:

crontab -r

1. To view the log information of the cron service, you can enter the following command in the terminal:

sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep cron

This completes the process of configuring cron scheduled tasks in Linux. You can add, modify, or delete scheduled tasks as needed to automatically carry out your tasks.