Cron - schedule job every 30 minutes, starts half past full hour

Question

Can I schedule job in cron format so that it runs every 30 minutes from 6:30 am to 11:30, every day? How?

Yes, but when I set it to `*/30 6-11 * * *` it will start at 6.00, won't it? — Przecinek, Jun 20 '11 at 13:12
@Przecinek: Yes you are right. It seems that Alvin's answer is better suited... — bmk, Jun 20 '11 at 20:31

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '11 at 10:41

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I think you will need 2 lines to achieve what you need:

30 6-11 * * * /path/to/your/command
0 7-11 * * * /path/to/your/command

answered Jun 20 '11 at 10:41

Alvin

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '11 at 11:56

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In addition to Alvin's answer I would suggest to insert this line into your crontab:

*/30 6-11 * * * /path/to/your/command

answered Jun 20 '11 at 11:56

bmk

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