Running a cron job 3 times (1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm for example)?

Question

I am not sure how to run a cron job at 3 specific hours every day. I want to run it at 1pm, 2 pm and 3pm.

Is it possible, using a single expression?

Answer 1

you may use this:

# m   h   dom mon dow   command
0 13,14,15 *   *   *     /home/user/command

your /home/user/command will be run at 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00

Answer 2

As lenik stated, it can be done in single expression.

0 13,14,15 * * * <your-script-to-run>

Check this geedkstuff link for more examples

Answer 3

You can try the following as well:

0 13-15 * * * /home/apps/sample.sh

Answer 4

While the given answers are correct, an unexperienced user might not know where to put this expression. You have to edit the crontab file, like:

crontab -e

There you add

0 13,14,15 *   *   *     /home/user/command

to execute your command at 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00. Also note that user has to be substituted with the user account the command is executed in.