How to edit the periodicity of a cronjob in Linux

Knowledge Base - How To

To modify the periodicity of your command, edit your crontab and modify the part below in bold

 

0 2 * * 0 command_to_run

 

according to the legend

 

Minute / Hour / Day / Month / Day of the week

 

with the options

 

* any value

, value list separator

- range of values

/ step values

 

i.e. the above one will start the job at 02:00 on Sunday.