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Cron expression for every minute

The cron expression for every minute is * * * * *.

In plain English: every minute.

The busiest schedule cron can express. If the job takes longer than a minute, runs overlap — cron does not wait for the previous one to finish.

Field by field

FieldValueMeans
minute*every minute
hour*every hour
day*every day of the month
month*every month
weekday*every day of the week, weekends included

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