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# System prepended metadata

title: Crontab - Notes

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# Crontab - Notes

## Structure

![](https://i.imgur.com/v6v7VbJ.png)

## Predefined : 

* @yearly (or @annually) - Run the specified task once a year at midnight (12:00 am) of the 1st of January. Equivalent to 0 0 1 1 *.

* @monthly - Run the specified task once a month at midnight on the first day of the month. Equivalent to 0 0 1 * *.

* @weekly - Run the specified task once a week at midnight on Sunday. Equivalent to 0 0 * * 0.

* @daily - Run the specified task once a day at midnight. Equivalent to 0 0 * * *.

* @hourly - Run the specified task once an hour at the beginning of the hour. Equivalent to 0 * * * *.

* @reboot - Run the specified task at the system startup 


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## Systemwide Crontab ```/etc/crontab```  : 

```
* * * * * <username> command(s)
```

## Using Crontab Cli : 

![](https://i.imgur.com/CRiPLSQ.png)


## Examples : [click here](https://linuxize.com/post/scheduling-cron-jobs-with-crontab/#cron-jobs-examples)

