Specifying “all odd values” in crontab?

Question

In crontab, I can use an asterisk to mean every value, or \"*/2\" to mean every even value.

Is there a way to specify every odd value? (Would someth

Answer 1

I realize this is almost 10 years old, but I was having trouble getting 1-23/2 for an every two hour, odd hour job.

For all you users where, exact odd hour precision is not needed. I did the following which suited my teams needs.

59 */2 * * *

Execute the job every two hours, at the 59th Minute.