running python file with a bash script

Question

I want to run a python file with bash script for a certain time of the day. I script.sh like this (ofcourse execute it with chmod +x before)

    #!/bin/bash
    python /home/user/file.py

and with crontab -e I wrote

    * 01 * * * /home/user/script.sh

How can I make it run on 1 o'clock?

Edit: I have to run python file from a script because I will add some other things later.

You can just call the python command directly from cron. So do * 01 * * * python /home/user/file.py — Noel Evans
– Noel Evans, Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 9:26
whats the problem with your implementation? does it fail to execute? — piyushj
– piyushj, Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 9:27
Thank you @NoelEvans but I will add script some other things. I need to run it from the script. Isn't there a way to do it? — GGG
– GGG, Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 9:30
Make sure you use the full path to python. cron does not set PATH. — Klaus D.
– Klaus D., Commented Jun 14, 2016 at 10:11

Frumpled Biscuit · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-14 18:11:30Z

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Put a shebang/directive in the python script you're trying to run.

Similar to the shell script you gave, this should be the first line in your python script:

#!/usr/bin/python

...or for python version 3:

#!/usr/bin/python3

answered Jun 14, 2016 at 18:11

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