Hi Everone,
As stated in the subject my question is about cron job. I have wrote a simple cron job which is stated below:

* * * * * echo Testing > /home/ipnsadmin/testing.log

But when I save the file (crontab). I am receiving this error:

crontab: installing new crontab
"/tmp/crontab.5J0icd":0: bad minute
errors in crontab file, can't install.

please note: I have tried this job with both root user and a normal user with sudo privileges. Additionally, crond service is also up and running

Your response is highly appreciated to get me out of this. I have spent lots of time but of no use.
Thanks in advance.


Shozib

Make sure you've no blank lines at the start of the file, no spaces before the first *

Also include details of the distro you are using as that may make a difference.

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Hello,

Seems to work fine on my distro Centos 8.

As an alternative try the following:

Where X represents the interval. Replacing X with 1 means every minute.

BUT if am correct using your entry of If your replace X with 2 it will mean execute every 2 minutes of every hour...., of every....

If your replace X with 3 it will mean execute every 3 minutes of every hour...., of every....

So simply replace X with 1

Regards,

Rawcous!