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Asked: 2026-06-10T01:41:46+00:00

I have written a small bash script which clears the logs (say that script

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I have written a small bash script which clears the logs (say that script name is clearLogs.sh).

  • My task: To run the bash script on an hourly basis to clear the logs

  • What I have done so far: I have created a symbolic link of my bash script and placed it in /etc/cron.hourly. 

    example -> cd /etc/cron.hourly    
ln -s /home/sam/clearLogs.sh  clearLogs.sh

Now, an hour has passed but the logs have not been deleted. If I run a script standalone it works as expected. Can you guys please let me know what I am doing wrong here.

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  1. Editorial Team

    1.in clearLogs.sh add line: RUN_PATH=/you/script/path cd $RUN_PATH

    2.cat “* */1 * * * /you/script/path/clearLogs.sh” >> $HOME/crontab.txt

    3.crontab $HOME/crontab.txt

    4.crontab -l,look all crontab job

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