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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T06:28:19+00:00 2026-05-11T06:28:19+00:00

I know that I can have something run every five minutes in cron with

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I know that I can have something run every five minutes in cron with a line like:

 */5 * * * * /my/script 

What if I don’t want it running at 12:00, 12:05, 12:10, but rather at 12:01, 12:06, 12:11, etc? I guess I can do this:

 1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * /my/script 

…but that’s ugly. Is there a more elegant way to do it?

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  1. 2026-05-11T06:28:20+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 6:28 am
    1-56/5 * * * * /my/script 

    This should work on vixiecron, I’m not sure about other implementations.

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