- First, check the existence of the command or scripts that you want to schedule from a terminal
$ pwsh -f "/tmp/DataLoading.PS1;"
- To run the script based on a schedule, use the New-CronJob cmdlet.
PS> New-CronJob -Command 'pwsh -f "/tmp/DataLoading.PS1;"' -Minute 0,15,30,45 | Out-Host
PS> New-CronJob -Command 'pwsh -f "/tmp/DataLoading.PS1;"' -Minute */15 | Out-Host
PS> New-CronJob -Command 'pwsh -f "/tmp/DataLoading.PS1;"' -Minute */15 -Hour 10-12 | Out-Host
PS> New-CronJob -Command 'rm -rf /tmp/clr*' -Minute 15 -Hour 1 | Out-Host
PS> New-CronJob -Command 'pwsh -f "/tmp/DataLoading.PS1;"' -Minute */15 -Hour 10-12 -DayOfWeek sun,tue,fri -Month Jan,Mar,Jun,Sep,Dec | Out-Host
- To get the list of currently scheduled jobs, run the Get-CronJob cmdlet.
PS /home/PacktPub> Get-CronJob |Format-Table -AutoSize
Minute Hour DayOfMonth Month DayOfWeek Command
------ ---- ---------- ----- --------- -------
2 * * * * python ./pythonexmaple.py
5 1 * * * rm -rf /tmp/clr*.*
15 * * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
*/15 10-12 * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
*/15 10-12 * Jan,Mar sun,tue,fri /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
- To view the contents of scheduled jobs in the crontab configuration file, use Get-CronTab.
PS > Get-CronTab
2 * * * * python ./pythonexmaple.py
5 1 * * * rm -rf /tmp/clr*.*
*/15 * * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
0,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
*/15 10-12 * * * /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
*/15 10-12 * Jan, Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec sun, tue, fri /usr/bin/pwsh -c "cd /tmp/; ./DataLoading.PS1;"
