Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
Cron Grandfather Clock with Python - Linux
In this tutorial we make our computer toll and chime like an old grandfather clock every hour on the hour using the crontab and Python in linux.
To accomplish this we write a small python script that gets the current time and uses the hours field to work out how many times the chime needs to play. This is preceded by the customary ringing associated with grandfather clocks.
A simple cron job is used to run our script hourly. All of the code and sound effects used in this tutorial are available on github.
Github:
github.com/Linuxleech/Grandfather-clock
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Cron Grandfather Clock with Python - Linux
In this tutorial we make our computer toll and chime like an old grandfather clock every hour on the hour using the crontab and Python in linux.
To accomplish this we write a small python script that gets the current time and uses the hours field to work out how many times the chime needs to play. This is preceded by the customary ringing associated with grandfather clocks.
A simple cron job is used to run our script hourly. All of the code and sound effects used in this tutorial are available on github.
Github:
github.com/Linuxleech/Grandfather-clock
Subscribe: youtube.com/user/linuxleech?sub_confirmation=1
Blog: linuxleech.com
Twitter: twitter.com/linuxleech
Facebook: facebook.com/linuxleech
