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linux cron ubuntu bash

I've spent hours debugging this and Does anyone know how to I'm working with an scenario where my `cron` job isn’t executing a shell script on my Ubuntu 22.04 server. I’ve set up the `cron` job to run a script located at `/home/user/scripts/myscript.sh` every day at 2 AM. The entry in my crontab looks like this: ```bash 0 2 * * * /bin/bash /home/user/scripts/myscript.sh ``` I’ve verified that `myscript.sh` is executable by running `chmod +x /home/user/scripts/myscript.sh`. However, there are no logs being generated, and I’m not receiving any email notifications from `cron` about the job being executed or failing. To troubleshoot, I've added logging to the script itself as follows: ```bash #!/bin/bash echo "Script started at $(date)" >> /home/user/scripts/myscript.log # Your commands here echo "Script finished at $(date)" >> /home/user/scripts/myscript.log ``` Despite this, the log file isn't being created, which makes me think the script isn’t running at all. I also tried running the script manually with `/bin/bash /home/user/scripts/myscript.sh`, and it executed without any issues. I checked the cron service status and it is active: ```bash sudo systemctl status cron ``` Additionally, I’ve reviewed the system logs with `journalctl -u cron` but there are no entries related to my job. Is there a possibility that the environment `cron` uses is different, causing the script to unexpected result? Any suggestions on how to diagnose or resolve this would be greatly appreciated! I'm working on a API that needs to handle this. I'm developing on Debian with Bash. Hoping someone can shed some light on this. I'm open to any suggestions. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.