Task scheduling No command 'app' found, but there are 16 similar ones - laravel

Question

I was trying to schedule automated tasks using but nothing would happen
* * * * * root /usr/bin/php /home/user/laravel/artisan schedule:run >> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1
So I tried calling the job directly using the command below
* * * * * root /usr/bin/php /home/user/laravel/artisan email:panelReport >> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1
After I enter the command above I keep this error in my cron.log
No command 'app' found, but there are 16 similar ones
app: command not found
If I run php aritsan email:panelReport I recieve the email just fine.
Kernel.php
protected $commands = [
Commands\EmailPanelReport::class
];
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
$schedule
->command('email:panelReport')
->everyMinute()
}
EmailPanelReport.php
protected $signature = 'email:panelReport';
protected $description = 'Send out weekly report';
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
public function handle()
{
$panels = Orders::where('orders.prefix', 'P')->get();
$columns = array ('Date', 'Order Number', 'Description');
if ( !ini_get("auto_detect_line_endings")) {
ini_set("auto_detect_line_endings", '1');
}
try
{
$csv = Writer::createFromFileObject(new SplTempFileObject());
$csv->insertOne($columns);
$csv->insertAll($panels->toArray());
$output = $csv->getContent();
Mail::raw('See attached', function($message) use ($output)
{
$message->to('test#gmail.com');
$message->subject("test");
$message->attachData($output, 'test.csv', [
'mime' => 'text/csv',
]);
});
$this->info("local");
}
catch (\Exception $ex)
{
$this->error($ex->getMessage());
Mail::raw($ex->getMessage(), function($message)
{
$message->to('myemail#me.com');
});
}
}
System info:
Ubuntu 16.04
nginx/1.10.3
php 7.1.7
Other ways I have tried
* * * * * root /usr/bin/php /home/user/laravel/artisan email:panelReport >> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1
* * * * * root /usr/bin/php usr/share/nginx/www/laravel/artisan email:panelReport >> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /home/user/laravel/artisan email:panelReport >> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1
* * * * * root /usr/bin/php /home/user/laravel/artisan schedule:run >> /home/user/cron.log 2>&1

Answer 1

You can schedule it writing your command using the crontab editor:
crontab -e
And paste your command on end of file, exit and save. The results should looks like this:
# Edit this file to introduce tasks to be run by cron.
#
# Each task to run has to be defined through a single line
# indicating with different fields when the task will be run
# and what command to run for the task
#
# To define the time you can provide concrete values for
# minute (m), hour (h), day of month (dom), month (mon),
# and day of week (dow) or use '*' in these fields (for 'any').#
# Notice that tasks will be started based on the cron's system
# daemon's notion of time and timezones.
#
# Output of the crontab jobs (including errors) is sent through
# email to the user the crontab file belongs to (unless redirected).
#
# For example, you can run a backup of all your user accounts
# at 5 a.m every week with:
# 0 5 * * 1 tar -zcf /var/backups/home.tgz /home/
#
# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
#
# m h dom mon dow command
* * * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
To see your scheduled commands run:
crontab -l
I hope it helps!