Why does a Bash script using ack return different counts when executed from cron versus an interactive shell on AlmaLinux 9?
When running a Bash script that uses ack to search for patterns in a file, the script reports the expected counts when executed directly from an interactive shell on AlmaLinux 9. However, the same script invoked via a cron job returns zero counts, causing the conditional logic to fail. What causes this difference in behavior, and how can the script be modifi