Run Python Script - Cron

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How can I run a python script once at exactly 12:00PM on Wednesday (Jan 21)?

I've added #!/usr/bin/env python to the top of my script and made the script executable with chmod +x

I know I want to do something like crontab -e 0 0 * * * /path/to/my/pythonscript.py but I'm not exactly sure how to get it to be a specific time...

possible duplicate of How to setup cron to run a file just once at a specific time in future? — Joel Hinz
– Joel Hinz, Commented Jan 18, 2015 at 20:38
@JoelHinz How would I get this to be March 30 at 1PM? 0 0 30 3 ? 2011 — Apollo
– Apollo, Commented Jan 18, 2015 at 20:39
Possible duplicate of Python script is not running under cron, despite working when run manually. — jww
– jww, Commented Nov 17, 2019 at 18:40

Geotob · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-18 23:41:00Z

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To run on 21 Jan at 12pm you will need the following line in your crontab file: 0 12 21 1 * /path/to/my/pythonscript

Edit the crontab file with crontab -e

The first number is minute, the second number is hour, the third one day of month, the fourth month, the fifth is day of week (in this case a * for any day of week), then the path.

The wikipedia entry on Cron is really helpful if you want to change the times.

edited Jan 18, 2015 at 23:41

answered Jan 18, 2015 at 22:57

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