Special characters
Special Character | Description |
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Asterik(*) |
Matches all values in the field or any possible value. |
Hyphen(-) |
Used to define a range.Ex: 1-5 in 5th field(Day Of Week) Every Weekday i.e., Monday to Friday |
Slash (/) |
1st field(Minute) /15 meaning every fifteen minute or increment of range. |
Comma (,) |
Used to separate items.Ex: 2,6,8 in 2nd fields(Hour) executes at 2am,6am and 8am |
L |
It is allowed only for Day of Month or Day Of Week field, 2L in Day of week indicates Last tuesday of every month |
Hash (#) |
It is allowed only for Day Of Week field, which must be followed within range of 1 to 5. For example, 4#1 means "The first Thursday" of given month. |
Question mark (?) |
Can be instead of '*' and allowed for Day of Month and Day Of Week. Usage is restricted to either Day of Month or Day Of Week in a cron expression. |
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