Cron Every Minute

Cron Expression

Expression Breakdown

Minute
(0-59)

Hour
(0-23)

Day
(1-31)

Month
(1-12)

Weekday
(0-6)

Field	Value	Meaning
Minute		At minute
Hour		At hour
Day of Month		Day
Month		Month
Day of Week

title: ‘Cron Expression: Cron Every Minute’
description: Learn how to create a cron expression for ‘cron every minute’. Runs every
minute with our free cron generator tool.
keywords: cron every minute, cron expression, cron job, linux cron, unix cron, cron
syntax
cron_expression: “* * * * *”
search_keyword: cron every minute
search_volume: 250
search_rank: 4
example_name: cron every minute
permalink: “/tools/cron-generator/examples/cron-every-minute/”
related_expressions: []
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This cron expression represents: cron every minute

Cron Expression

* * * * *

What This Expression Does

Runs every minute

Use Cases

This cron schedule is commonly used for:

Automated tasks
System maintenance
Monitoring scripts
Data processing

How to Use

Copy the cron expression above
Open your crontab with crontab -e
Add a new line with: * * * * * /path/to/your/script.sh
Save and exit

Alternative Formats

With logging: * * * * * /path/to/script.sh >> /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
With email notification: * * * * * /path/to/script.sh || mail -s "Cron job failed" admin@example.com