Cron Cheatsheet Expression Format 1 Minute Hour Day Mon Weekday 1 * * * * * command to be executed Here is the textual form: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 * * * * * ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ │ │ │ │ └─ Weekday (0=Sun .. 6=Sat) │ │ │ └────── Month (1..12) │ │ └─────────── Day (1..31) │ └──────────────── Hour (0..23) └───────────────────── Minute (0..59) Crontab 1 2 # Adding tasks easily echo "@reboot echo hi" | crontab 1 2 # Open in editor crontab -e 1 2 # List tasks crontab -l [-u user]