IT 117: Intermediate Scripting - Class 23 Exercise

IT 117: Intermediate to Scripting
Class 23 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 ex23.py
Run this script in IDLE
Open the script file in IDLE. Under the Run menu, select Run Module.

You should see something like this

15: Forbidden Planet, 100 minutes, DVD Directed by Fred M. Wilcox, MGM
['Walter Pidgeon', 'Anne Francis', 'Leslie Nielson', 'Warren Stevens']
isinstance(m1, Movie): True
isinstance(m1, Video): True

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  ex23
```
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/ex23

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/ex23
```
Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex23.py
```
Run this script
```
./ex23.py
```

You should see something like this

15: Forbidden Planet, 100 minutes, DVD Directed by Fred M. Wilcox, MGM
['Walter Pidgeon', 'Anne Francis', 'Leslie Nielson', 'Warren Stevens']
isinstance(m1, Movie): True
isinstance(m1, Video): True

Running my test script on your script

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex23.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it117_test/ex23.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.