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+**This guide is for macOS and Linux.**
+#
+Make sure you already have DiscordChatExporter and Mono properly installed ([instructions here](https://github.com/RenanYudi/DiscordChatExporter/wiki/Linux-usage-instructions)):
+
+**1.** Open Terminal, create a new script with `sudo nano /path/to/DiscordChatExporter/cron.sh`
+
+**2.** Paste the following into the file:
+
+```
+#!/bin/bash
+# Info: https://github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter
+TOKEN=<token>
+TOKENTYPE=<BOT/USER>
+CHANNEL=<channel>
+EXEPATH=<exe>
+FILENAME=<name>
+EXPORTDIRECTORY=<dir>
+EXPORTFORMAT=<format>
+# Available export formats: PlainText, HtmlDark, HtmlLight, Csv
+
+cd $EXEPATH || exit
+
+if [[ "$TOKENTYPE" == "BOT" ]]; then
+ISBOTYES=-b
+fi
+
+PATH=/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/bin/:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
+CURRENTTIME=`date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S"`
+mono DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe -t $TOKEN $ISBOTYES -c $CHANNEL -f $EXPORTFORMAT -o exporttmp
+
+if [[ "$EXPORTFORMAT" == "PlainText" ]]; then
+        mv "exporttmp" $EXPORTDIRECTORY/$FILENAME-$CURRENTTIME.txt
+        
+elif [[ "$EXPORTFORMAT" == "Html"* ]]; then
+        mv "exporttmp" $EXPORTDIRECTORY/$FILENAME-$CURRENTTIME.html
+
+elif [[ "$EXPORTFORMAT" == "Csv" ]]; then
+        mv "exporttmp" $EXPORTDIRECTORY/$FILENAME-$CURRENTTIME.csv
+else
+exit
+fi
+exit
+```
+
+**3.** Replace:
+
+ `<token>` with your [Token](https://github.com/RenanYudi/DiscordChatExporter/wiki/Obtaining-Token-and-Channel-IDs)
+
+ `<BOT/USER>` If the Token is from a bot replace it with `BOT`, if it's from a user, `USER`.
+
+ `<channel>` with a [Channel ID](https://github.com/RenanYudi/DiscordChatExporter/wiki/Obtaining-Token-and-Channel-IDs)
+
+ `<exe>` with the .exe path (e.g. /home/user/DiscordChatExporter.Cli.exe) 
+
+ `<name>` with a filename without spaces
+
+ `<dir>` with the export directory without quotes (e.g. /home/user/Documents/CronExport) 
+
+ `<format>` with one of the available export formats.
+
+**4.** Give the shell script permissions with `sudo chmod 755 /path/to/DiscordChatExporter/cron.sh`
+
+**5.** Add a new job to crontab using `sudo crontab –e`
+
+**6.** Add `* * * * * /path/to/DiscordChatExporter/cron.sh >/tmp/discordexporter.log 2>/tmp/discordexportererror.log` to the end of the file.
+
+Replace the *s according to:
+
+![](https://i.imgur.com/gEWvOhS.png)
+
+#
+**Extra Info.**
+
+Week starts on Sunday. 0 = SUN, 1 = MON...
+
+Filename date format is YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss.
+
+The cron file is located at `/usr/lib/cron/tabs` on macOS, and at `/var/spool/cron/crontabs` on Linux, but should always be edited with `crontab -e`.
+
+#
+
+**Examples**
+
+If you want to execute the script at minute 15 of every hour: `15 * * * *`
+
+Every 5 minutes `*/5 * * * *`
+
+Everyday at midnight `0 0 * * *`
+
+Everyday at noon `0 12 * * *`
+
+Everyday at 3, 4, 6 PM `0 15,16,18 * * *`
+
+Every Wednesday at 9 AM `0 9 * * 3`
+
+Verify your cron time [here](https://crontab.guru).
+
+#
+Credits to [@RenanYudi](https://github.com/RenanYudi)