What does -q and -O mean in the following cronjob?
*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q -O /dev/null http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php
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Usama Abdulrehman
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3"ServerFault: We will RTFM so that you won't need to!" \*sigh\* – user1686 Jun 28 '10 at 14:36
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This is now the number 1 result for UTFG "wget q" – Michal Kováč Dec 09 '14 at 13:33
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They are actually options for the wget command and not to do with cron's operation.
-q tells wget to operate quietly (ie. to not output the usual status information)
-O /dev/null tells it to output to /dev/null
Type man wget for more info on wget's operation and options.
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if we you want to output to STDOUT just replace "/dev/null" to dash symbol "-" – Nusrat Nuriyev Nov 20 '21 at 02:00
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You can find this in wget manpage.
-O is the location where the file is save, here the file will be trashed
-q is to suppress console output
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