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In principle yes, but what about "0,15,30,45 * * * *" or "0/5 * * * *"

Perhaps the default could be "a screenpage full", but that also should depend on how many other events would be listed …

can of worms :-)

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Re^3: cron-explain.pl -- cron next appointments
by parv (Parson) on Nov 29, 2018 at 07:26 UTC

    I personally do want to see all the jobs for the day (regardless of visual space constraints). The cat crontab.txt | perl cron-explain.pl [-n 3] output seem odd to me for 21 * * * * job would be running many times over before the next one listed with time of 0,30 6 * * *.

    In any case, sooner or later I am bound to change the original to list every single event time from the current time for rest of the current day (default; or, any other date via option).

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      Rethinking .... No, that default is horrendous! Above mentioned default behavior should be available via another option.

      Default mode should show the the event & the first time it was ran and/or will run next for the day (undecided); along with explanation of the time/frequency (as in "once a day at x:y pm" or "4/day every 5 hours", etc.).

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