IT 116: Introduction to Scripting - Class 20 Exercise

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 20 Exercise

Log in to users3

Run an SSH client
Run putty.exe if you have a PC or Terminal if you have a Mac.
Enter your password

Create a directory for this exercise

Go to your home directory
```
cd
```
Go to your it116 directory
```
cd  it116
```
Go to your ex directory
```
cd ex
```
Make sure you are in your ex directory
```
pwd
```
Create a directory for this exercise
```
mkdir  ex20
```
Check that the directory was created
```
ls
```
Go to this new directory
```
cd ex20
```

Copy temps.txt to this directory

cp /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files/temps.txt .

Script for this Exercise

Create the script ex20.py
```
nano  ex20.py
```
Enter the following text into the script file

Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex20.py
```
Run this script
```
./ex20.py
```

You should see

Filename: xxxx
Cannot open xxxx
Filename: temps.txt
Average: 77.27

The text in blue is user input.

Running my test script on your script

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex20.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex20.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.