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rated 0 times [ 66] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 65450 / 2 Years ago, thu, december 9, 2021, 8:45:30

Is there a way to add lines to a user's cron via script?

I usually do it using crontab -e, but I would like to automate this task with a shell script.

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answered 2 Years ago inglehare · Accepted Answer

You can echo the line in to the bottom of the current users crontab like this:

#!/bin/bash



line="* * * * * /path/to/command"

(crontab -u $(whoami) -l; echo "$line" ) | crontab -u $(whoami) -