How do I make cron run something every "N"th minute, where n % 5 == 1?

1-56/5 * * * * /my/script

This should work on vixiecron, I'm not sure about other implementations.


Use your first schedule:

*/5 * * * * /my/script

And add this to the start of your script:

sleep 60

(Yes, this is a joke)