Restart your script from himself

Python self restart.py

import os
import sys
import time
import subprocess
	
__file__ = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])
	
__dir__ = os.path.dirname(__file__)
	
	
os.chdir(os.path.expanduser("~"))
	
def restart():
	
	time.sleep(5)
	
  	os.chdir(__dir__)
	
	python_path = sys.executable
  
  	if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
    
    		python_path = python_path.replace("pythonw.exe", "python.exe")
		
    		pid = os.getpid()
    
    		cmd = 'taskkill /F /PID {2} && "{0}" "{1}"'.format(python_path, __file__, pid)
    
    		x = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
    
    		#x = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) # pour compiler avec pyinstaller
  
  	elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
    
    		os.execv(python_path, ["python3"] + [__file__])
    
    		# Or:
    		#pid = os.getpid()
    		#os.system("{0} {1} & kill {2}".format(python_path, __file__, pid))