Cron Job only specific months

Question

I would like to set up a cron task to run a script every first day of every month except 1st january. How can I do that?

Could I try something like that: 0 0 1 2-12 * ?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '15 at 10:23

9

It can be something like below:

0 0 1 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 *

answered Dec 04 '15 at 10:23

Rushabh Patel

3,052
4
26
58

Thanks Rushabh Patel, I'll try this solution and I'll let you know. – Francesco Dec 07 '15 at 07:01

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 07 '15 at 10:57

Minutes [0-59]
|   Hours [0-23]
|   |   Days [1-31]
|   |   |   Months [1-12]
|   |   |   |   Days of the Week [Numeric, 0-6]
|   |   |   |   |
*   *   *   *   * home/path/to/command/the_command.sh

This is can be usefull for you to identify the usage.

Cron Job only specific months

2 Answers2