How to schedule a cron job at midnight and midday?
To schedule a cron job twice a day, use the following syntax (it will run the task at midnight and midday):
0 0,12 * * * user-name /path/to/command
# | | | | |
# | | | | .---- Every day of the week
# | | | .------- Every month
# | | .---------- Every day
# | .-------------- When hours equal zero or twelve (, = list separator)
# .------------------ When minutes equal 0
To schedule a cron job twice a day, use the following syntax (it will run the task at midnight and midday):
0 0,12 * * * user-name /path/to/command
# | | | | |
# | | | | .---- Every day of the week
# | | | .------- Every month
# | | .---------- Every day
# | .-------------- When hours equal zero or twelve (, = list separator)
# .------------------ When minutes equal 0
To schedule a cron job twice a day, use the following syntax (it will run the task at midnight and midday) :
0 0,12 * * * user-name /path/to/command
# | | | | |
# | | | | .---- Every day of the week
# | | | .------- Every month
# | | .---------- Every day
# | .-------------- When hours equal zero or twelve (, = list separator)
# .------------------ When minutes equal 0
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