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andriisec.hashnode.dev·Aug 17, 2025

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Continuing My Learning Journey: Diving into Cron Jobs

Today, I explored one of the most practical Linux skills yet: automating tasks with cron jobs. This is a feature that allows you to schedule tasks so that your system automatically executes them at specific times or events. Think of it as teaching yo...

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mihirsuratwala.hashnode.dev·Aug 10, 2025

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Automated GitHub Repository Access Checker (Read/Write) via Cron

Last Blog Review → In the last blog we understood, how to write a shell script to get the read/write access of users to the github repository. Scenario → Consider we have a script to get the read and write access of users to GitHub repository, but we...

Automated GitHub Repository Access Checker (Read/Write) via Cron

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devopsdaily2025.hashnode.dev·Aug 06, 2025

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💻 DevOps Week 3: Shell Scripting for User Management & Backup Automation

Welcome to Week 3 of the 90DaysOfDevOps – 2025 Edition! This week was all about Shell Scripting — one of the most powerful tools in a DevOps engineer’s toolkit. 🧑‍💻⚙️ Let’s break down Linux automation using Bash scripts — for user management, backu...

💻 DevOps Week 3: Shell Scripting for User Management & Backup Automation

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Roy Hayden

rh-scripts.hashnode.dev·Jul 23, 2025

Jul 23, 2025

Checking and Starting cron from a Script (2 Approaches)

Sometimes I want to make sure my cron daemon is running, especially after a reboot or on a system where it might silently stop. Here's how I scripted that check, with two different approaches. Script 1: Check and Start cron (Clean and Verbose) #!/bin...

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Vaishnavi D

zerotoroot.hashnode.dev·May 18, 2025

May 18, 2025

Day 11 of 90 Days of DevOps Challenge: Automating Tasks with Cron Jobs and Process Management in Linux

In the world of DevOps and Linux system administration, automation is everything. Whether taking regular backups, deleting temp files, or running system health checks, Cron Jobs make it easy to schedule and execute tasks automatically. In this blog, ...

Day 11 of 90 Days of DevOps Challenge: Automating Tasks with Cron Jobs and Process Management in Linux

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talk-tech.hashnode.dev·Mar 31, 2025

Mar 31, 2025

Understanding CRON Syntax

Introduction CRON is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems. It allows users to schedule scripts or commands to run automatically at specific intervals. Understanding CRON syntax is crucial for automating tasks effectively. Basic ...

Understanding CRON Syntax

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ahmedrazadev.hashnode.dev·Mar 23, 2025

Mar 23, 2025

Set It and Forget It: Task Scheduling with Crontab

Crontab (short for "cron table") is a powerful utility in Unix-like operating systems that allows users to schedule and automate the execution of tasks at specified times. The utility is based on the cron daemon, which continuously runs in the backgr...

Set It and Forget It: Task Scheduling with Crontab

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linux-performance-troubleshooting.hashnode.dev·Feb 27, 2025

Feb 27, 2025

Comprehensive Guide to Cron Jobs in Linux

Introduction If you've ever wished your Linux system could do things automatically—like backing up files, sending reports, or running scripts at specific times—cron jobs are the answer. Cron is a built-in scheduler that allows you to automate tasks e...

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Sai Praneeth

terraformiac.hashnode.dev·Jan 15, 2025

Jan 15, 2025

CronTab

Let’s say we need to run a shell script exactly at 8:00 PM every day., shell script is a file that contains a series of commands. Rather than keeping an alarm at 8:00 a.m. every day, logging into the server, and saying hello.sh ., which is difficult,...

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Ansh Balan

linuxfordevops.hashnode.dev·Dec 21, 2024

Dec 21, 2024

Part 6: Cron and Crontab in Linux

In this section, we will dive into the concepts of cron and crontab, two essential tools for scheduling tasks in Linux. We’ll explain their purpose, how to use them, and provide practical examples for automation. What is cron? cron is a time-based jo...

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