Mastodawn

With #cron or #systemd timers, how can I run something every 2 minutes, except between 23:50 and 00:10?

I don't think there's a way to specify this, right? I can see having to write wrapper scripts to check the time and exit early.

Currently I'm using /usr/bin/ifNotNearMidnight as:

#!/bin/bash
t=$(date +\%H\%M)
if [[ "$t" > 2350 ]] || [[ "$t" < 0010 ]]
then
exit 1
fi

And then in cron:

* * * * * ifNotNearMidnight && ( cd /blah/ ; doTheThing )

@artfulrobot since you're using bash you can skip the subshell and the variable type conversion from string to number:

```
#!/bin/bash

declare -i t
printf -v t '%(%H%M)T' -1
if (((t > 2350) || (t < 10))); then
exit 1
fi
```