Cron jobs provide a crucial way for system administrators to automate repetitive tasks, freeing time for other work, explains Joshua James. They’re executed by the cron daemon, “a background process that runs on every Linux system.”
This guide shows how to set up cron jobs to run at specific intervals — like every 5, 10, or 15 minutes — giving you a key skill for managing Linux systems.
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