IT 116: Introduction to Scripting

IT 116: Introduction to Scripting
Class 26 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  ex26
```
Check that the directory was created
```
ls
```
Go to this new directory
```
cd ex26
```

Script for this Exercise

Create the script ex26.py
```
nano  ex26.py
```
Enter the following text into the script file

Make this script executable
```
chmod  755 ex26.py
```
Run this script
```
./ex26.py
```

You should see

character_count('Mississippi', 'i'): 4
character_count('Mississippi', 'p'): 2
character_count('Mississippi', 's'): 4
string_reverse('Mississippi'): ippississiM

string_reverse('radar'):       radar

digits: ['zero', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine']

0:  zero
1:  one
2:  two
3:  three
4:  four
5:  five
6:  six
7:  seven
8:  eight
9:  nine

digits_to_words(512) five one two
digits_to_words(10428) one zero four two eight

first_name('Glenn Hoffman'): Glenn
last_name('Glenn Hoffman'):  Hoffman

If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Run ex26.sh on your script
```
~ghoffman/it116_test/ex26.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.