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Cron Cheat Sheet

Print-ready cheat sheet for Cron, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use

Source
crontab(5) Manual Page
License
MIT
Variants
3 download options
Updated
2026-03-27

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Crontab Format

# ┌───── minute (0-59)
# │ ┌───── hour (0-23)
# │ │ ┌───── day of month (1-31)
# │ │ │ ┌───── month (1-12)
# │ │ │ │ ┌───── day of week (0-7, 0&7=Sun)
# * * * * * command

Field Values

*Any value (wildcard)
,Value list: `1,3,5`
-Range: `1-5`
/Step: `*/10` (every 10)
0-59Minutes range
0-23Hours range
1-31Day of month range
1-12Month range (or JAN-DEC)
0-7Day of week (0&7=Sun, or SUN-SAT)

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