Re: Cron job needed

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:51:21 -0400
"Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> wrote:

> On 4/18/26 5:10 PM, pinnerite wrote:
> > I have never created a cron job from scratch.
> > I looked for an app that would let me plug in the instruction but
> > couldn't find one.
> > 
> > Searching on Google just left me fuming.
> > 
> > my command looks like thius:
> > 
> > 0 4 * * * /home/pinnerite/mytask.sh
> > 
> > How and where should I plug it in?
> > 
> > Alan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Open a bash shell.
> type crontab -e
> 
> This opens an editor and you just type that line in like any other text file.  Save it and 
> exit.
> 
> If you want to make sure type:
> crontab -l
> Will list what is in your crontab.   That's it.  Nothing more.
> I've got about 3 of them running.
> 
> -- 
> Linux Mint 22.3,  Mozilla Thunderbird 140.9.1esr,  Mozilla Firefox 149.0.2
>      Alan K.

Well, that was easy! I will check tomorrow to see if iut worked!
Thank you (everybody)
Alan


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