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# 8  
Old 02-21-2013
Code:
30 18 * * * /youscript.sh

This is a crontab job Which mean your job will run daily at 6:30 PM.

You can check this link to learn more about
Code:
crontab

.

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# 9  
Old 02-21-2013
try :

Code:
#!/bin/sh
while true
do
  hour=$(date +"%T")
  if [ "$hour" == 18:30:00 ] || [ "$hour" != 18:30:00 ] ; then
    <Do the JOB>
  fi
done

Last edited by Franklin52; 02-21-2013 at 06:46 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 10  
Old 02-21-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vikram_Tanwar12
Code:
30 18 * * * /youscript.sh

This is a crontab job Which mean your job will run daily at 6:30 PM.

You can check this link to learn more about
Code:
crontab

.

Linux Crontab: 15 Awesome Cron Job Examples (link removed)

Thank you. Got the answer.

We need to to edit the crontab demon process and add our script there
# 11  
Old 02-21-2013
Code:
crontab -e
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