command to edit/remove cron job (crontab) on Linux server

[Kailash]

crontab command is used to edit/remove the current cron job on the server. Below are the few options of crontab command:

crontab -l  - Displays the current cron jobs.
crontab -e - To edit the cron jobs.
crontab -r  - To remove cron jobs.

If you wish to edit it for particular user, you can use the following:

crontab [-u user] [-l | -r | -e] [-i]

Regards,

Kailash

[digitalpoint]

Recently, I needed to change Backup time on my cPanel server (cpbackup) and wasn't aware about to change cron time. Kailash, thanks for this post which helped me to change the backup time.

Thanks,

Digitalpoint

[kvchosting]

If you are doing it for a user as root

For edit and to list the cronjobs below are the commands

crontab -u <username> -e

crontab -u < username> -l

[digitalpoint]

If you are doing it for a user as root

For edit and to list the cronjobs below are the commands

crontab -u <username> -e

crontab -u < username> -l

Hey,

Thanks for additional information to modify cron for particular user.

Digitalpoint

[kvchosting]

No problem at all.

Glad to be part of technical discussion.

[ptduran]

Thanks for the information.

[izumi777]

Thanks for the tutorial. 

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