CRON="1 2 3 4 5 /root/bin/backup.sh" 
cat < (crontab -l) |grep -v "${CRON}" < (echo "${CRON}")

给grep exact命令添加-w参数，不带-w参数添加cronjob "testing"会导致删除cronjob "testing123"

脚本函数添加/删除cronjob。无重复条目:

cronjob_editor () {         
# usage: cronjob_editor '<interval>' '<command>' <add|remove>

if [[ -z "$1" ]] ;then printf " no interval specified\n" ;fi
if [[ -z "$2" ]] ;then printf " no command specified\n" ;fi
if [[ -z "$3" ]] ;then printf " no action specified\n" ;fi

if [[ "$3" == add ]] ;then
    # add cronjob, no duplication:
    ( crontab -l | grep -v -F -w "$2" ; echo "$1 $2" ) | crontab -
elif [[ "$3" == remove ]] ;then
    # remove cronjob:
    ( crontab -l | grep -v -F -w "$2" ) | crontab -
fi 
} 
cronjob_editor "$1" "$2" "$3"

测试:

$ ./cronjob_editor.sh '*/10 * * * *' 'echo "this is a test" > export_file' add
$ crontab  -l
$ */10 * * * * echo "this is a test" > export_file

您可以向crontab添加如下内容:

#write out current crontab
crontab -l > mycron
#echo new cron into cron file
echo "00 09 * * 1-5 echo hello" >> mycron
#install new cron file
crontab mycron
rm mycron

Cron行解释

* * * * * "command to be executed"
- - - - -
| | | | |
| | | | ----- Day of week (0 - 7) (Sunday=0 or 7)
| | | ------- Month (1 - 12)
| | --------- Day of month (1 - 31)
| ----------- Hour (0 - 23)
------------- Minute (0 - 59)

nixCraft来源。

你可以在飞行中完成

crontab -l | { cat; echo "0 0 0 0 0 some entry"; } | crontab -

Crontab -l列出当前的Crontab任务，cat打印它，echo打印新命令，Crontab -将所有打印的内容添加到Crontab文件中。您可以通过执行一个新的crontab -l来查看效果。

Bash脚本，用于在没有交互式编辑器的情况下添加cron作业。 下面的代码帮助您使用linux文件添加cronjob。

#!/bin/bash

cron_path=/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

#cron job to run every 10 min.
echo "*/10 * * * * command to be executed" >> $cron_path

#cron job to run every 1 hour.
echo "0 */1 * * * command to be executed" >> $cron_path

一个只在没有找到所需字符串时才编辑crontab的变体:

CMD="/sbin/modprobe fcpci"
JOB="@reboot $CMD"
TMPC="mycron"
grep "$CMD" -q <(crontab -l) || (crontab -l>"$TMPC"; echo "$JOB">>"$TMPC"; crontab "$TMPC")

编辑(固定覆盖):

cat <(crontab -l) <(echo "1 2 3 4 5 scripty.sh") | crontab -