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.

• Noel Evans: You can just call the python command directly from cron. So do * 01 * * * python /home/user/file.py
• piyushj: whats the problem with your implementation? does it fail to execute?
• GGG: 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?
• 123: What is is the problem with how your currently have it ?
• Klaus D.: Make sure you use the full path to python. cron does not set PATH.

Answer 1

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