IT 117: Intermediate to Scripting
Class 3 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 ex3.py
Copy the file temps.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.
You should see
Maximum: 89
Minimum: 66
Average: 77
Copy the file to Unix
Open FileZilla and connect to
pe15.cs.umb.edu
You will have to connect using your Unix username and password.
Go to your 117 directory
Go to your ex directory
Inside this directory create the directory ex3
Right-click in the whitespace inside the
ex directory.
Click and drag down to Create directory.
Add ex3 to the path in the dialog box.
Click OK.
Copy your ex3.py
Click and drag the script from your machine to the
ex3 directory.
Make your script executable
Right-click on the file and select "Permissions" from the menu.
Enter 755 in the box provided.
Click OK.
This will make the script executable.
Copy temps.txt to pe15
Click and drag the file from your machine to the
ex3 directory
Running my test script on your script
If you want to run my text script on your Class Exercise script do the following
Connect to pe15.cs.umb.edu
Use an ssh client.
Run my test code on your script
~ghoffman/it117_test/ex03.sh
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.