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So when I run either of the following from the cli (SSH session) my pi will turn on my Samsung TV:

echo "as" | cec-client -s
echo "on 0" | cec-client -s

However when I but either of these into cron via crontab -e nothing happens. An example of what I have in the cron file is:

0 8 * * * echo "on 0" | cec-client -s

If i try add >> /home/pi/log to that line I get an empty file called log in my home directory.

How can I debug this? Or, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

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It seems this is a path issue. Adding the full path to the cec-client binary solves the problem.

E.g.

0 8 * * * echo "on 0" | /usr/local/bin/cec-client -s
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  • That is by design cron doesn't run as your user so does not have the $PATH environment variable set. Oct 21, 2014 at 23:12

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