Cron every 5 minutes 8h to 20h

Question

I searched for 15 minutes and to me the syntax still isn't clear... would this:

*/5 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 * * *

run the job every 5 minutes from 8(8am) to 20 (8pm)?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 25 '15 at 15:26

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search no more, just type in shell man 5 crontab and read...

hint:

*/5 8-19 * * * /path/script

per @madhatter comment, you should add another job

0 20 * * * /path/script.

edited Aug 25 '15 at 15:26

MadHatter

answered Aug 25 '15 at 15:16

alexus

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That will run the job up until 2055h; the OP is probably better off with `*/5 8-19 * * * /path/foo`, and a separate line to deal with 2000h. – MadHatter Aug 25 '15 at 15:23
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@madhatter thank you for pointing this out for me) – alexus Aug 25 '15 at 15:25
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No worries; have a +1 from me! – MadHatter Aug 25 '15 at 15:26
you're too kind, sir (have one from me as well) – alexus Aug 25 '15 at 15:27

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