an interactive command line editor for crontab
$ cronedit 1 | 2 | # https://stackoverflow.com/a/5823331/239527 3 | SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.WvQxE0oPYh/Listeners 4 | > 0 */6 * * * bash /asd/backup.sh >/asd/backup.log 2>&1 5 | # * * * * * bash /tools/wip/todo.sh 6 | cronedit <arrow keys> move <s> save and quit <q> quit <enter> edit minute <n> new <c> comment <d> duplicate <r> removeNote that this is an early version of cronedit. Versions 0.X.X should be considered beta versions and probably not suited for use in critical production environments. Recommended for use only in testing environments.
If you want to be extra safe, or just play around, copy crontab contents into a file and edit that file with cronedit:
# copy crontab contents to .txt file crontab -l > foobar.txt # edit that file via cronedit ./cronedit foobar.txtFor MacOS:
curl -L -o cronedit https://github.com/codeclown/cronedit/releases/download/v0.2.0/cronedit-macosFor Linux:
curl -L -o cronedit https://github.com/codeclown/cronedit/releases/download/v0.2.0/cronedit-linuxAll pre-built binaries are available under Releases.
$ cronedit --help cronedit v0.2.0 Usage: ./bin/cronedit ./bin/cronedit <file> Arguments: file If given, this file is read and written to instead of modifying crontab directly via the 'crontab' command Options: -h, --help Show this help message -v, --version Show cronedit version Information about backups: Upon saving changes, previous crontab version is backed up into folder '$HOME/.cronedit'. Source: This program is open source and available at: https://github.com/codeclown/cronedit See DEVELOPMENT.md.
Released under 3-clause BSD License, see LICENSE.md.