Whitespace between the -q and the command is optional, not required. - todd
Index: crontab.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.5,v retrieving revision 1.33 diff -u -p -u -r1.33 crontab.5 --- crontab.5 30 Jan 2014 20:02:42 -0000 1.33 +++ crontab.5 12 Oct 2016 16:05:53 -0000 @@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ will be changed into newline characters, after the first .Ql % will be sent to the command as standard input. +If the +.Ar command +field begins with +.Ql -q , +execution will not be logged. +Any whitespace between the +.Ql -q +and the command that follows it is ignored. .Pp Commands are executed by .Xr cron 8
