cron - How many times the cron job will run when given aterisk(*) on all positions

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If we define a cron job with * * * * * /some/task/to/perform, how many times the job will executed in 60 seconds?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:13

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The cron job runs every minute.

Unix cron is limited to minutes. If you want faster cronjob execution see How can I schedule a cron job that runs every 10 seconds in linux?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:13

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