Shell Programming and Scripting

The "/5" syntax is for some versions if Linux.
What Operating System are you using?

Try:

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/shahnaz/abc.sh >> /home/shahnaz/abc.log 2>&1

I created a file called mycron in /home/mrudula with the following :
0, 5, 10, 15 * * * * (echo "Hello mycron") > /dev/console

then I tried to add this file to the crontab entries by the follwing command
crontab mycron
This is the msg I got -
"mycron":1: bad minute
errors in crontab file, can't install

If I do, crontab -l, mycron contents r echoed on the shell

why did i get such an error before? how can i get it executed correctky so that every 5 minutes i get that msg?

pls help


Thanks
Mrudula

See lstorm2003 example.
No spaces in the minutes field.
(BTW. The name of a crontab file is usually the name of the account owning that crontab).

Code:

0,5,10,15

When you edit your crontab file (crontab -e), all output is mailed to the user, unless a different email address is specified as the value of the MAILTO in your crontab.

crontab output is not typically something that would out put to a terminal.

I use Fedora

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