Start Terminal and Run python script on boot

Question

I have been struggling with this all day. My set up is a RPi 3 B, running Raspbian.

I need to simply fulfil the following:

I have limited knowledge of shell and desktop scripts.

You want to reboot RPi every 10 minutes after running the script? why? You probably don't need to launch terminal to run a python script. — hcheung
– hcheung, Commented Jan 10, 2018 at 10:41

bierschi · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-09 16:07:51Z

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wrote a bash script with folling content:

#!/bin/bash

python3 /path_to_your_script/python_script.py


sudo shutdown -r +10
# or with sleep
sleep(600)
sudo reboot now

r: reboot

+10: 10 minutes

go to:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

and fill in the path to bash script, before the exit 0 statement:

bash /path_to_bash/bash_script.sh &

of course you could do it with python so you would not need a separate bash script

answered Jan 9, 2018 at 16:07

bierschi

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