Cron Job question

[not12listen]

so, i am trying to setup a cronjob (first ever) to shutdown my Kubuntu 14.04 server every weekday at 10:00am.

i ran crontab -e and put the following lines in:

* 10 * * 1 shutdown -h now
* 10 * * 2 shutdown -h now
* 10 * * 3 shutdown -h now
* 10 * * 4 shutdown -h now
* 10 * * 5 shutdown -h now


is this correct? will it run on only weekdays at 10:00am?

thanks!

[Rog132]

Ubuntu CronHowto: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto

Using the KCron: https://userbase.kde.org/KCron

Command: shutdown -h now
Run as: root
Picking all Months & Days
Picking Wanted Days of Week (Mon-Fri)
Picking Hours&Minutes



The /etc/crontab has:

#shutdown every weekday at 10:00am
0 10 * * 1,2,3,4,5      root    shutdown -h now

[kubicle]

You have to define minutes as well, otherwise it will run every minute while the hour matches (at 10:00, again at 10:01, 10:02 etc.) and you can make it a one-liner by:
user crontab (no user needs to be defined, of course that user will need to have permission to run shutdown without a password for the command to work):
0 10 * * 1-5 shutdown -h now
system crontab (needs user defined)
0 10 * * 1-5 root shutdown -h now

EDIT: rog was faster

[OneLine]

cron job run every weekday: https://www.google.com/search?q=cron...+every+weekday

A pick - Linux Crontab: 15 Awesome Cron Job Examples: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/06/...ntab-examples/