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What if you want to execute a file daily at particular time ? Running it manually daily is absolutely not a good idea ..! Then What do you do ? For this kind of manual works , To Automate it , there is a daemon in linux called "CRONTAB" . Crontab : Crontab called as CRON TABle Where cron is a daemon to run periodically on a given time and Table consists of scheduled tasks , jobs i . e , Crons . Crontab Options: crontab - l : lists all the crontabs scheduled . crontab - e : Edits existing cron or else create new cron. crontab - r : Removes scheduled cron jobs . crontab - i - r : Prompts before deleting user 's crontab i.e,asks your permission. crontab -u username -l : lists all the crons of a particular user. Setting up a cron: Press Ctrl+Alt+t to open the terminal and paste following command.