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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4592- October  7, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4592- October  7, 2025
 
FORGET THE CRONTAB MAN  
  
For some reason many admins forget the field order of the  
crontab file and alway reference the man pages over-and-over.  
Make your life easy. Just put the field definitions in  
your crontab file and comment (#) the lines out so the  
crontab file ignores it.  
  
#minute (0-59),  
#|      hour (0-23),  
#|      |       day of the month (1-31),  
#|      |       |       month of the year (1-12),  
#|      |       |       |       day of the week (0-6 with 0=Sunday).  
#|      |       |       |       |       commands  
0       2       *       *       0,4     /etc/cron.d/logchecker  
  
  
  
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