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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 ...