converting crontab recurrence pattern to english

water has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to convert a crontab recurrence string to an English representation, suitable for displaying to non-technical folks. I didn't see anything like this on CPAN. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

water

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Re: converting crontab recurrence pattern to english by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on May 12, 2005 at 11:10 UTC
See crontab2english. It is on CPAN, just very well hidden. `;-)` From the pod: `Example output: % crontab2english \| less Setting env var MAILTO to hulahoops@polygon.int Command: (line 2) Run: /bin/csh -c 'perl ~/thang.pl \| mail -s hujambo root' At: 8:10am on the 15th of every month Command: (line 5) Run: df -k At: 5:40am every day Command: (line 7) Run: ls -l /tmp At: 6:50am every Monday` [download] -- John.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: converting crontab recurrence pattern to english
by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on May 12, 2005 at 11:10 UTC

crontab2english

;-)

  Example output:
  % crontab2english | less
  Setting env var MAILTO to hulahoops@polygon.int
  
  Command: (line 2)
    Run: /bin/csh -c 'perl ~/thang.pl | mail -s hujambo root'
    At: 8:10am on    the 15th of    every month
  
  Command: (line 5)
    Run: df -k
    At: 5:40am    every day
  
  Command: (line 7)
    Run: ls -l /tmp
    At: 6:50am    every Monday
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John.

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