IT 116: Introduction to Scripting - Class 21 Exercise

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 21 Exercise

Script for this exercise

Open a text editor
You can use the editor built into IDLE or use a program like Sublime.
Copy the text below into the file

Save the file as ex21.py
Copy the file temps.txt from /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files
Use FileZilla to do this.
Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE. Under the Run menu, select Run Module.
Enter "temps.txt" when prompted.
You should see
```
Average: 77.27
Maximum: 89
Minimum: 66
```

Unix setup

Log in to users3.cs.umb.edu
You will be in your home directory.
Go to your it116 directory
```
cd it116
```
Go to your ex directory
```
cd ex
```
Create a directory for this exercise
```
mkdir  ex21
```
Check that the directory was created
```
ls
```

Copy the file to Unix

Open FileZilla and connect to users3.cs.umb.edu
You will have to connect using your Unix username and password.
Copy the file to the to it116/ex/ex21

Testing the script on Unix

Connect to users3.cs.umb.edu
Use an ssh client.
Go to the directory for this exercise
```
cd  it116/ex/ex21
```
Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex21.py
```
Copy the file temps.txt from /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files
```
cp  /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files/temps.txt  .
```
Run this script
```
./ex21.py
```
Enter "temps.txt" when prompted.
You should see
```
Average: 77.27
Maximum: 89
Minimum: 66
```

Running my test script on your script

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex21.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex21.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.