cron job

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi Gurus

I need to add a new cronjob to a list. There are already 7-8 cronjobs when I do crontab -e. I need to add a new cronjob without disturbing the existing ones. Can you please tell me how to do that. I am not so good in vi editor as well, but I can do it with some guidance. this is urgent, pls help guys!!

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Move to the last line in the file, then:

[shift]+[4] -> [a] -> [Enter]

Type your cron job and make sure that the previous ones are still intact then:

[Esc] -> [:] -> [w] -> [q] -> [Enter]

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If you have more 'user friendly editor' such as nano, then you can do the following:

# EDITOR=nano crontab -e

This is assuming that you are using the bash (or korn) shell

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hi vishadow, unfortynately i only have a vi editir.

deepak.. thanks for your response, i was able to do as you said.. thanks a lot!