In crontab, how can I schedule a command for every x months or every other DOW

charlemagne-is-my-son · 12-06-2014, 08:22 PM

From what I read here, I tried setting up some cron jobs using these slashes, but I'm really not sure if I did it properly. I could just wait until the desired days roll around, but I'm impatient.

1st line: every other Sun at 11am
2nd: first day of every month at 11am
3rd: 3rd day of every three months at 11am
4th: everyday at 10pm
5th: every Sun at 11am

Code:

0 11 * * 0-6/6 libreoffice /home/matias/Documents/projects/exercise/body-measurements.xlsx
0 11 1 * * gedit /home/matias/Documents/projects/fitness/fish-oil-buy-reminder.txt
0 11 3 */3 * gedit /home/matias/Documents/projects/fitness/off-caffeine.txt
0 22 * * * gedit /home/matias/Documents/daily-accomplishments.txt
0 11 * * Sun gedit /home/matias/Documents/computer-specific/firefox-backup-reminder.txt

Thanks!

bigrigdriver · 12-06-2014, 10:53 PM

Code:

0 11 1 6,12 * gedit /home/matias/Documents/projects/fitness/fish-oil-buy-reminder.txt

This should run at the first minute of the eleventh hour on the first day of the month, for months 6 and 12 (notice the month numbers with comma seperator: no spaces). If this fails, try replacing gedit with the full path to gedit: /usr/bin/gedit.

Code:

0 11 *  * 0,2,4,6 gedit /home/matias/Documents/projects/fitness/fish-oil-buy-reminder.txt

This should run on the first minute of the eleventh hour on days Sun, Tue, Thur, and Sat.

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