cronjob-setup.md

cronjob Setup

First install and "turn on" crontab.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cron
sudo systemctl enable cron
crontab -e

Then choose an editor:

Select an editor.  To change later, run 'select-editor'.
  1. /bin/nano
  2. /usr/bin/vim.basic  <--- most familiar
  3. /usr/bin/vim.tiny
  4. /bin/ed

Choose 1-4 [1]: 

I chose option 2 because I'm familiar with vim.

Then, to do something every hour:

0 * * * * python3 ~/path/to/script.py

References

• How To Use Cron to Automate Tasks on Ubuntu 18.04