cron is 💩

cron_helper.sh

#!/bin/bash
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin"

# https://stackoverflow.com/a/26827443
# shellcheck disable=SC2030,SC2034,SC2031
split_output() {
    local -n array="$1" || return $?;
    # shellcheck disable=SC1090
    . <({
            err="$({ out="$("${@:2}")"; ret=$?; } 2>&1;
                   declare -p out ret >&2)";
            declare -p err;
        } 2>&1);
    array=("$out" "$err");
    return $ret;
}

LOG_FILE="$HOME/cron_log.txt"
COMMAND="$1"
split_output result /bin/bash -l -c "$COMMAND"
result+=( "$?" )
echo "[$(date -Iseconds)] ${COMMAND@Q}: $(declare -p result)" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
exit "${result[-1]}"