Skip to content
Search Create account

DEV Community

DEV Community is a community of 615,123 amazing developers

We're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.

Create new account Log in
loading...

Execute Date Format In Cron

#notes #linux #cron #date
clavinjune profile image Clavin June Originally published at clavinjune.dev on ・1 min read

Escaping % in crontab using \%

example

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

Discussion (0)

pic
Editor guide

Read next

pieter profile image

Turbocharge your Linux terminal productivity with these 12 tips

Pieter D -

hazzazbinfaiz profile image

Linking public_html to laravel public directory in shared hosting

Md. Hazzaz Bin Faiz -

chand1012 profile image

Python For Programmers Part 3; Classes and Imports

Chandler Lofland -

burakkp profile image

Virtual box NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Solution

Burak Kucukparmaksiz -