{"id":3314,"date":"2023-02-04T13:33:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T08:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2023-02-04T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T08:03:24","slug":"how-to-run-cronjob-script-on-the-last-day-of-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/how-to-run-cronjob-script-on-the-last-day-of-a-month\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Run Cronjob Script On The Last Day Of a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Linux and Unix-like operating systems, you can run a cron job on the last day of the month by using the following syntax in your <code>crontab<\/code> file:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-javascript\"><span class=\"hljs-number\">59<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">23<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">28<\/span>-<span class=\"hljs-number\">31<\/span> * * [ <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"$(date +\\%d -d tomorrow)\"<\/span> == <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"01\"<\/span> ] &amp;&amp; <span class=\"hljs-regexp\">\/path\/<\/span>to\/script<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This cron job will run on the 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st of the month at 11:59 PM. 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