#!/bin/bash # suggest a random time for a cronjob set -u set -e hour=$((($RANDOM*24)/32768)) minute=$((($RANDOM*60)/32768)) dow="*" if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then if [ "$1" == "-w" ]; then dow=$((($RANDOM*7)/32768)) fi fi printf "%02i %02i * * %s\n" "$minute" "$hour" "$dow"