Run a cron job every 10 minutes
“At every 10th minute.”
Six runs per hour at minutes 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Ten minutes is where periodic jobs stop feeling 'real-time' and start being honest batch work — a good default for anything that aggregates, compacts, or reconciles.
*/10 * * * *Next 5 runs
Computing from your local clock…
Field by field
| Field | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Minute | */10 | every 10 starting from 0 |
| Hour | * | every value |
| Day of month | * | every value |
| Month | * | every value |
| Day of week | * | every value |
Typical uses
- Aggregating raw events into rollup tables
- Checking certificate/domain expiry against a warning threshold
- Cleaning up expired sessions or temp files
Related schedules
Need a different schedule? Build and test any cron expression with live explanation and next-run preview, or read the complete cron syntax guide.