BASH Script template1

<- Scripts

#!/bin/bash

# Cfg
me=$(basename ""$0"")

# Start
clear;printf "$me: Started $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")\n"

# Process
printf "Processing...\n"

# End
printf "$me: Ended $(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")\n"

With this script you can have your cron job send the output to a file to check status of the run.