CRON="1 2 3 4 5 /root/bin/backup.sh" 
cat < (crontab -l) |grep -v "${CRON}" < (echo "${CRON}")

给grep exact命令添加-w参数，不带-w参数添加cronjob "testing"会导致删除cronjob "testing123"

脚本函数添加/删除cronjob。无重复条目:

cronjob_editor () {         
# usage: cronjob_editor '<interval>' '<command>' <add|remove>

if [[ -z "$1" ]] ;then printf " no interval specified\n" ;fi
if [[ -z "$2" ]] ;then printf " no command specified\n" ;fi
if [[ -z "$3" ]] ;then printf " no action specified\n" ;fi

if [[ "$3" == add ]] ;then
    # add cronjob, no duplication:
    ( crontab -l | grep -v -F -w "$2" ; echo "$1 $2" ) | crontab -
elif [[ "$3" == remove ]] ;then
    # remove cronjob:
    ( crontab -l | grep -v -F -w "$2" ) | crontab -
fi 
} 
cronjob_editor "$1" "$2" "$3"

测试:

$ ./cronjob_editor.sh '*/10 * * * *' 'echo "this is a test" > export_file' add
$ crontab  -l
$ */10 * * * * echo "this is a test" > export_file

为了用BASH脚本快速创建/替换crontab，我使用了下面的符号:

crontab <<EOF
00 09 * * 1-5 echo hello
EOF

编辑(固定覆盖):

cat <(crontab -l) <(echo "1 2 3 4 5 scripty.sh") | crontab -

下面是一个bash函数，用于向crontab添加命令而不重复

function addtocrontab () {
  local frequency=$1
  local command=$2
  local job="$frequency $command"
  cat <(fgrep -i -v "$command" <(crontab -l)) <(echo "$job") | crontab -
}
addtocrontab "0 0 1 * *" "echo hello"

echo "0 * * * * docker system prune --force >/dev/null 2>&1" | sudo tee /etc/cron.daily/dockerprune

你可以在飞行中完成

crontab -l | { cat; echo "0 0 0 0 0 some entry"; } | crontab -

Crontab -l列出当前的Crontab任务，cat打印它，echo打印新命令，Crontab -将所有打印的内容添加到Crontab文件中。您可以通过执行一个新的crontab -l来查看效果。