IT 116: Introduction to Scripting - Class 24 Exercise

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 24 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  ex24
```
Check that the directory was created
```
ls
```
Go to this new directory
```
cd ex24
```

Script for this Exercise

Copy the file temperatures.txt in /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files into your homework directory.
```
cp  /home/ghoffman/course_files/it116_files/temperatures.txt  .
```
Create the script ex24.py
```
nano  ex24.py
```
Enter the following text into the script file

Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex24.py
```
Run this script
```
./ex24.py
```

You should see

numbers:   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers_2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
numbers:   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
numbers_2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
numbers:   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
numbers_2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Temperature list: [76, 67, 74, 76, 84, 69, 67, 76, 66, 71]

Average: 72.6

Days above average: 5

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex24.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex24.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.