recurring tasks

Harnessing the Power of Cron: Your Guide to Automating Recurring Tasks in Linux In the world of Linux, efficiency and automation are not just keywords, they are ways of life. One of the classic utilities that helps achieve such efficiencies is cron, a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. Cron enables users to schedule scripts or commands to run automatically at specified times, dates, or intervals. In this blog post, we’ll dive deep into how to utilize cron for automating repetitive tasks, along with guidance on installing the necessary packages across different Linux distributions. Cron is derived from chronos, the Greek word for time.