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Jobber – run commands to a schedule

Jobber is a utility for Unix-like systems that can run arbitrary commands, or “jobs”, according to a schedule.

This article spotlights alternative tools to cron, a daemon to execute scheduled commands.

cronie contains the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at scheduled times and related tools.

fcron is a scheduler. It aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionality. Free and open source software.

bcron is a cron system designed with secure operations in mind. It’s free and open source software written in C.

Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days.

systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It’s free and open source software written in C.

Archive Utility creates and decompresses .zip files and other compressed files. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives.

Alternative tools to strings, a utility that prints the sequences of printable characters in files.

stringsext is a Unicode enhancement of the strings tool with additional functionalities.