DEV Community

Clavin June
Clavin June

Posted on • Originally published at clavinjune.dev on

Execute Date Format In Cron

#notes #linux #cron #date

Escaping % in crontab using \%

example

0 0 * * 5 cat ~/log >> \
~/log-`date +"\%Y-\%m-\%d"` && \
> ~/log
Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode

Top comments (0)

Read next

sreekeshiyer profile image

The Easiest way to install Docker Engine on a Linux Server

Sreekesh Iyer -

donaldsebleung profile image

Enabling local project collaboration with Gitea

Donald Sebastian Leung -

franckpachot profile image

FlameGraphs on Steroids with profiler.firefox.com

Franck Pachot -

manivaidhy profile image

Laravel : Running single cron on multiple servers

Mani Vaidhy -