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Cron Expression for Every Friday

0 0 * * 5→Runs at midnight every Friday
0
Minute
0–59
0
Hour
0–23
*
Day
1–31
*
Month
1–12
5
Weekday
0–7

Quick Examples

How It Works

With 0 0 * * 5, the job runs at midnight every Friday. The day-of-week value 5 corresponds to Friday. This is commonly used for end-of-week summaries, pre-weekend backups, or weekly release processes.

Common Use Cases

  • 1Weekly summary email before the weekend
  • 2End-of-week full backup
  • 3Friday deploy freeze reminder

Linux Crontab Example

0 0 * * 5 /app/weekly-summary.sh

Add this line to your crontab with crontab -e

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