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I want cron to be run in every 55 mins. I followed the link CronJob every 25 minutes

and my crontab command is

*/5 * * * * [ $(( $(date +%s) / 60 % 55 )) -eq 0 ] && wget http://localhost/sandbox/run-cron-job

but I am getting error message in file /var/mail/root

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X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/root>
X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=root>
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Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 10:55:01 +0530 (IST)

/bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ")")

How to fix this problem.

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  • According to this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/crontab-every-10-min/ you should be able to do just */55 * * * * /path/to/command – Joshua Terrill May 20 '15 at 05:48
  • What does it mean to be "run in every 55 minutes"? Does that mean that within any 55 minute interval of a day it is run at least once? Exactly once? – Anthon May 20 '15 at 05:50
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    You need to escape the % with backslash (% has a special meaning in crontab entries) – Stéphane Chazelas May 20 '15 at 06:21
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    @JoshuaTerrill, that runs the command at 1:00, 1:55, 2:00, 2:55, etc. */10 works ok because 60 is divisible by 10. It's not divisible by 55. – cjm May 20 '15 at 06:49
  • @Anthon : "run in every 55 minutes" means run cron at 1:00, 1:55, 2:50, 3:45, 4:40 ..... – shashikant May 20 '15 at 08:47

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@Stéphane Chazelas, Thanks for suggestion. I escaped the % with backslash. now its working. Working crontab command is 

*/5 * * * * [ $(( $(date +\%s) / 60 \% 55 )) -eq 0 ] && wget http://localhost/sandbox/run-cron-job
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