Run Cron Job every 5 minutes for 10 seconds-CodePudding

I have a script that I want to run every 5 minutes for 10 seconds.

*/5 * * * * /root/XXX/cronjobs/add-prod.sh

It seems logical to have another cron job that would run every 5 minutes and 10 seconds that would turn off the 1st cron job.

Something like this:

[FORMULA HERE] /root/XXX/cronjobs/rem-prod.sh

How can we set a formula for "every 5 minutes and 10 seconds" ?

CodePudding user response：

You can do this via timeout. It will kill the process after 10 seconds. It would be better than killing the process externally. Otherwise, jakob22's answer is the best one.

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/timeout 10 /root/XXX/cronjobs/add-prod.sh

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CodePudding user response：

You could do this with sleep function. Something like:

*/5 * * * * sleep 10;/root/XXX/cronjobs/rem-prod.sh