Python 2.7 is not provided on CentOS 6 because Yum depends on Python 2.6. Simply installing 2.7 over 2.6 will break Yum. Thankfully, Red Hat provides us with an alternate installation method through their SCL project.

First, get Python 2.7 installed:
https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/python27/

Next, add the project path to the top …

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Before adding a script to cron and finding that it doesn't work because of a PATH issue, here's a handy command to test:

env -i ./script

This will run your script in the same environment that cron will.

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