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Cron Expression for Every Saturday

0 0 * * 6→Runs at midnight every Saturday
0
Minute
0–59
0
Hour
0–23
*
Day
1–31
*
Month
1–12
6
Weekday
0–7

Quick Examples

How It Works

With 0 0 * * 6, the job fires at midnight every Saturday. Day-of-week value 6 corresponds to Saturday. This is often used for weekly cleanup or maintenance tasks that benefit from starting at the beginning of the weekend.

Common Use Cases

  • 1Weekly database vacuum / optimize
  • 2Clearing temporary storage directories
  • 3Running weekly security scans

Linux Crontab Example

0 0 * * 6 /app/weekly-cleanup.sh

Add this line to your crontab with crontab -e

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