How to run cron job before midnight to after midnight (over midnight)?

Question

How can I create a cron job that runs from 19:00 to 5:00? This doesn't work:

* 19-05 * * ....

Should I use two jobs?

    * 19-23 * * .... 
    *  1-5  * * ....

That's interesting! I haven't made this experiment, but I'm leaning towards 2 lines. — Paul Carlton, Oct 14 '15 at 21:22

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

9

On some distributions you can:

* 19-23,0-5 * * *

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

Community

answered Oct 14 '15 at 21:25

Paul Carlton

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 19 '16 at 22:28

1

I can confirm that 19-23,0-5 works on Ubuntu server 16.04.

answered May 19 '16 at 22:28

Michael Elkevizth

Nir Levy · Answer 3 · 2015-10-14T21:23:07.383

0

yes, you need to lines:

* 19-23 * * .... 
* 0-05 * * ....

edited Oct 14 '15 at 21:23

answered Oct 14 '15 at 21:18

Nir Levy

It's a script that I wanna run every minute of this period of time. – Farhadix Oct 14 '15 at 21:20
@Farhadix - ok, so I miss read your question. you should probably edit and make it clearer. Edited my answer accordingly – Nir Levy Oct 14 '15 at 21:21

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 14 '15 at 21:27

0

Yes, you will end up to split it up, like this:

*/10 22-23 * * * logger "brooks was here"
*/10 00-05 * * * logger "brooks was here after midnight"

answered Oct 14 '15 at 21:27

ferdy

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