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user3002030
user3002030

Reputation: 149

How to run python script from Linux terminal every hour?

So I want to run this command python run.py from the linux terminal every hour. What is the best way to do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 11965

Answers (4)

wpp
wpp

Reputation: 955

The simple way is using the cron job, using this command crontab -e you will see the image below enter image description here

you can add this command to the cron configuration:

* */1 * * * python /root/yourprogram.py > /dev/null 2>&1

the */1 is for executing every hour the python program, look the structure of the cron command:

# Minute   Hour   Day of Month       Month          Day of Week        Command    
# (0-59)  (0-23)     (1-31)    (1-12 or Jan-Dec)  (0-6 or Sun-Sat)                
    0        2          12             *                *            /usr/bin/find

Upvotes: 4

void
void

Reputation: 2652

I would suggest you to use BlockingScheduler from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking.

Just install it using the command pip install APScheduler or pip3 install APScheduler. This is good.

from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler

def your_job():
    print("Do you job")

scheduler = BlockingScheduler()
scheduler.add_job(your_job, 'interval', seconds=5)
scheduler.start()

After every 5 seconds, 

Do you job
Do you job

Will be printed. Great thing is you can also specify the minutes or hours just change the parameter. So in your case just change seconds=5 to hours=1.

from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
def your_job():
        print("Do you job")

scheduler = BlockingScheduler()
scheduler.add_job(your_job, 'interval', hours=1)
scheduler.start()

Upvotes: 1

Akshay Apte
Akshay Apte

Reputation: 1653

Edit your crontab using crontab -e
add the following line to run your script every hour

0 * * * *  python <path-to-file>

you can list scheduled crons using crontab -l

Upvotes: 8

Mrl0330
Mrl0330

Reputation: 140

Use the command watch on unix to run any command any set interval of time.

More information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_(Unix)

(chose this way over cron because you specified in a terminal, and this would allow you to see the output in the terminal you start it from)

Upvotes: 3

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