Bash Scripting for Beginners: Complete Guide to Getting Started - Cron Jobs (Part 15)

In the previous episode, you learned about the "at" command, which enables you to schedule a script to run later. In this video, we'll take a look at the same thing again - but it's not redundant. Actually, we'll learn more about Cron in this video, which is the tried and true method that Linux people use to handle scheduling jobs to run at a specific time in the future.
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00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Using Fully Qualified Commands in your scripts (and why that's important)
06:02 - Introduction to Cron Jobs (crontab) in Linux
08:10 - Setting up a Cron Job via the crontab command
13:07 - How to edit the crontab of another user
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- Class 02 Hello World: https://linux.video/bash2
- Class 03 Variables: https://linux.video/bash3
- Class 04 Math Functions: https://linux.video/bash4
- Class 05 If Statements: https://linux.video/bash5
- Class 06 Exit Codes: https://linux.video/bash6
- Class 07 While Loops: https://linux.video/bash7
- Class 08 Universal Update Script: https://linux.video/bash8
- Class 09 For Loops: https://linux.video/bash9
- Class 10 Where To Store Your Scripts: https://linux.video/bash10
- Class 11 Data Streams: https://linux.video/bash11
- Class 12 Functions: https://linux.video/bash12
- Class 13 Case Statements: https://linux.video/bash13
- Class 14 Scheduling Jobs (Part 1): https://linux.video/bash14
- Class 15 Scheduling Jobs (Part 2): https://linux.video/bash15
- Class 16 Arguments: https://linux.video/bash16
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