The following example shows how to use crontab -l to display the contents of the default user's crontab file, the default root crontab file, and the crontab file belonging to another user.ġ3 13 * * * chmod g+w /home1/documents/*.book > /dev/null 2>&1 Exiting the file and saving changes at this point would overwrite an existing crontab file with an This allows you to quit without saving changes.

If you accidentally enter the crontab command with no option, press the interrupt character for your editor. Name of another user's account, and requires superuser privileges to create or edit. (Optional) Become superuser to display a crontab file belonging to root or another user. To display crontab files belonging to other users, you must be superuser. You do not have to change directories to /var/spool/cron/crontabs (where crontab files are located) to use this command.īy default, the crontab -l command displays your own crontab file. The crontab -l command displays the contents of your crontab file much the way the cat command displays the contents of other types of files.

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