Crontab to skip only one entry in a day???

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hello Friends,

I have a cron tab like this:

10,40 1-23 * * * /script

i want to skip only one execution at 00:10, so basically i want it to execute every hour at 10th and 40th minute, except 00:10.

Could anyone help me doing this

Thanks folks
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2

Hi.

Simple way:

10,40 1-23 * * * /script
40 0 * * * /script
3

Thanks much

This way i have to go with two crons, was trying to figure out if thats possible with one cron?? Any ideas?

4

if you need limit in one cron, then you have to update your script by add one if-then-else .

scottn's solution will help you to implement it without any updates in script.

Think about it, if one day you request is changed again, update the cronjob will be more easy.

5

I hear you

Thanks for all your help guys, much appreciated :slight_smile: