IT 117: Intermediate Scripting

IT 117: Intermediate to Scripting
Class 13 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 ex13.py
Copy the file 04_hw_scoring_sheet_it117.txt from /home/ghoffman/course_files/it117_files
Use FileZilla to do this.
Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE. Under the Run menu, select Run Module.
Look at the contents of 04_hw_scoring_sheet_it117.txt
```
cat 04_hw_scoring_sheet_it117.txt
```

You should see something like

IT 117: Intermediate Scripting - Scoring Sheet
Homework 4: hw4.py
=======================================================

Student name:   John Jones

Has hashbang line                                 10  points

Has correct permissions                           10  points

Has meaningful comment at top of script file      10  points

Function comments meaningful                       0  points
no function comments

Script runs without syntax errors                 20  points

word_frequencies_create has functioning 
try/except statement to catch file errors         10  points

word_frequencies_create works properly            20  points

word_frequency_print works properly               10  points


Score: 90

Notice that the file now has a line with the total score.

Unix setup

Log in to users3.cs.umb.edu
You will be in your home directory.
Go to your it117 directory
```
cd it117
```
Go to your ex directory
```
cd ex
```
Create a directory for this exercise
```
mkdir  ex13
```
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 it117/ex/ex13

Testing the script on Unix

Connect to users3.cs.umb.edu
Use an ssh client.
Go to the directory for this exercise
```
cd  it117/ex/ex13
```
Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex13.py
```
Copy the file 04_hw_scoring_sheet_it117.txt from /home/ghoffman/course_files/it117_files
```
cp  /home/ghoffman/course_files/it117_files/04_hw_scoring_sheet_it117.txt  .
```
Run this script
```
./ex13.py
```

You should see

IT 117: Intermediate Scripting - Scoring Sheet
Homework 4: hw4.py
=======================================================

Student name:   John Jones

Has hashbang line                                 10  points

Has correct permissions                           10  points

Has meaningful comment at top of script file      10  points

Function comments meaningful                       0  points
no function comments

Script runs without syntax errors                 20  points

word_frequencies_create has functioning 
try/except statement to catch file errors         10  points

word_frequencies_create works properly            20  points

word_frequency_print works properly               10  points


Score: 90

Notice that the file now has a line with the total score.

Running my test script on your script

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex13.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it117_test/ex13.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.