I am running the cron task as user locuser; passing -n option to decifer which task to run; and passing -h option with args: louie,suzie,craig,irene.
0 5 * * * /usr/xxx/cron.runtask -hlouie,suzie,craig,irene -n
within cron.runtask
setup environment
./runtask $* ##($* =...