Cron expression for every 5 minutes
The cron expression to run a job every 5 minutes is */5 * * * *. See the next run times in your timezone.
*/5minute*hour*day*month*weekdayIn Plain English
What your cron expression actually means.
Every 5 minutes, every hour, every day
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About */5 * * * *
*/5 * * * * runs a job every 5 minutes, on the minute. Because 5 divides 60 evenly, the spacing stays consistent across every hour boundary.
Cron reads the five fields as minute hour day month weekday. For this schedule that breaks down as:
*/5— minute*— hour (every value)*— day of month (every value)*— month (every value)*— day of week (every value)