Crontab Commands

To specify a editor to open crontab file, use: export EDITOR=vi ; Below is a list of crontab commands:

Command	Description
crontab -e	Edit crontab file, or create one if it doesn’t already exist.
crontab -l	Display crontab list of cron jobs, display crontab file contents.
crontab -r	Remove your crontab file.
crontab -v	Display the last time you edited your crontab file. (This option is only available on a few systems.)

Service Commands

Below is a list of crontab service commands:

Command	Description
sudo service cron status	Check the status of cron service.
sudo service cron start	Start the cron service.
sudo service cron stop	Stop the cron service.
sudo service cron reload	Reload the cron service configuration.
sudo service cron restart	Restart the cron service.