Crontab Running script at startup

I have a .sh that executes a command. I want to use crontab -e and enter into the file @reboot /path/to/command.

How do execute this in one command instead of separately running crontab -e then manually insert the line and then saving the file.

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I have a .sh that executes a command. I want to use crontab -e and enter into the file @reboot /path/to/command.

How do execute this in one command instead of separately running crontab -e then manually insert the line and then saving the file.

asked Jun 2 '17 at 15:22

Murda Ralph

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I have a .sh that executes a command. I want to use crontab -e and enter into the file @reboot /path/to/command.

How do execute this in one command instead of separately running crontab -e then manually insert the line and then saving the file.

asked Jun 2 '17 at 15:22

Murda Ralph

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I have a .sh that executes a command. I want to use crontab -e and enter into the file @reboot /path/to/command.

How do execute this in one command instead of separately running crontab -e then manually insert the line and then saving the file.

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When you use crontab -e a file will be created at /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ which its name is equal to your uesername.

So just redirect your desired line to this file:

echo "@reboot /path/to/file.sh" | sudo tee -a /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$USER

using tee -a we are telling tee to append @reboot /path/to/file.sh at the end of this file instead of overwriting it.

if it's not there it will be created.

edited Jun 2 '17 at 15:46

answered Jun 2 '17 at 15:31

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Probably the right way to do it - as explained in How to programmatically add new crontab file without replacing previous one - is to dump the existing crontab to a temporary file, modify it, then read it back in. For example:

cmd='@reboot /path/to/file'

tmpfile=$(mktemp) && crontab -l > "$tmpfile"

cmd='@reboot /path/to/command'

grep -Fxq "$cmd" "$tmpfile" || echo "$cmd" >> "$tmpfile"

crontab "$tmpfile" && rm -- "$tmpfile"

A "quick'n'dirty" option - if you don't care about checking - would be

crontab -l | sed '$a@reboot /path/to/command' | crontab -

assuming GNU sed, which allows append text on one line.

Note: unlike writing to /var/spool/cron/crontabs directly, this approach doesn't need sudo (because crontab is setuid).

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answered Jun 2 '17 at 17:40

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When you use crontab -e a file will be created at /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ which its name is equal to your uesername.

So just redirect your desired line to this file:

echo "@reboot /path/to/file.sh" | sudo tee -a /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$USER

using tee -a we are telling tee to append @reboot /path/to/file.sh at the end of this file instead of overwriting it.

if it's not there it will be created.

edited Jun 2 '17 at 15:46

answered Jun 2 '17 at 15:31

Ravexina

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When you use crontab -e a file will be created at /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ which its name is equal to your uesername.

So just redirect your desired line to this file:

echo "@reboot /path/to/file.sh" | sudo tee -a /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$USER

using tee -a we are telling tee to append @reboot /path/to/file.sh at the end of this file instead of overwriting it.

if it's not there it will be created.

edited Jun 2 '17 at 15:46

answered Jun 2 '17 at 15:31

Ravexina

32k1482112

add a comment |

When you use crontab -e a file will be created at /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ which its name is equal to your uesername.

So just redirect your desired line to this file:

echo "@reboot /path/to/file.sh" | sudo tee -a /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$USER

using tee -a we are telling tee to append @reboot /path/to/file.sh at the end of this file instead of overwriting it.

if it's not there it will be created.

edited Jun 2 '17 at 15:46

answered Jun 2 '17 at 15:31

Ravexina

32k1482112

When you use crontab -e a file will be created at /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ which its name is equal to your uesername.

So just redirect your desired line to this file:

echo "@reboot /path/to/file.sh" | sudo tee -a /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$USER

using tee -a we are telling tee to append @reboot /path/to/file.sh at the end of this file instead of overwriting it.

if it's not there it will be created.

edited Jun 2 '17 at 15:46

answered Jun 2 '17 at 15:31

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answered Jun 2 '17 at 15:31

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cmd='@reboot /path/to/file'

tmpfile=$(mktemp) && crontab -l > "$tmpfile"

cmd='@reboot /path/to/command'

grep -Fxq "$cmd" "$tmpfile" || echo "$cmd" >> "$tmpfile"

crontab "$tmpfile" && rm -- "$tmpfile"

A "quick'n'dirty" option - if you don't care about checking - would be

crontab -l | sed '$a@reboot /path/to/command' | crontab -

assuming GNU sed, which allows append text on one line.

Note: unlike writing to /var/spool/cron/crontabs directly, this approach doesn't need sudo (because crontab is setuid).

edited Jun 2 '17 at 17:50

answered Jun 2 '17 at 17:40

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cmd='@reboot /path/to/file'

tmpfile=$(mktemp) && crontab -l > "$tmpfile"

cmd='@reboot /path/to/command'

grep -Fxq "$cmd" "$tmpfile" || echo "$cmd" >> "$tmpfile"

crontab "$tmpfile" && rm -- "$tmpfile"

A "quick'n'dirty" option - if you don't care about checking - would be

crontab -l | sed '$a@reboot /path/to/command' | crontab -

assuming GNU sed, which allows append text on one line.

Note: unlike writing to /var/spool/cron/crontabs directly, this approach doesn't need sudo (because crontab is setuid).

edited Jun 2 '17 at 17:50

answered Jun 2 '17 at 17:40

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cmd='@reboot /path/to/file'

tmpfile=$(mktemp) && crontab -l > "$tmpfile"

cmd='@reboot /path/to/command'

grep -Fxq "$cmd" "$tmpfile" || echo "$cmd" >> "$tmpfile"

crontab "$tmpfile" && rm -- "$tmpfile"

A "quick'n'dirty" option - if you don't care about checking - would be

crontab -l | sed '$a@reboot /path/to/command' | crontab -

assuming GNU sed, which allows append text on one line.

Note: unlike writing to /var/spool/cron/crontabs directly, this approach doesn't need sudo (because crontab is setuid).

edited Jun 2 '17 at 17:50

answered Jun 2 '17 at 17:40

steeldriver

66.6k11107179

cmd='@reboot /path/to/file'

tmpfile=$(mktemp) && crontab -l > "$tmpfile"

cmd='@reboot /path/to/command'

grep -Fxq "$cmd" "$tmpfile" || echo "$cmd" >> "$tmpfile"

crontab "$tmpfile" && rm -- "$tmpfile"

A "quick'n'dirty" option - if you don't care about checking - would be

crontab -l | sed '$a@reboot /path/to/command' | crontab -

assuming GNU sed, which allows append text on one line.

Note: unlike writing to /var/spool/cron/crontabs directly, this approach doesn't need sudo (because crontab is setuid).

edited Jun 2 '17 at 17:50

answered Jun 2 '17 at 17:40

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answered Jun 2 '17 at 17:40

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