Unable to add cron entry: "/tmp/crontab.XxxXXX":xx: bad minute

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to add cron entry. While saving crontab we get below error message:
    $ crontab -e
    crontab: installing new crontab
    "/tmp/crontab.PXbEEW":82: bad minute
    errors in crontab file, can't install.
    Do you want to retry the same edit? N
    crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.PXbEEW

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • cronie
  • vim

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