IT 117: Intermediate Scripting

IT 117: Intermediate to Scripting
Class 6 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 ex6.py
Copy the file names_emails.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

Frank frank27@hotmail.com
Chris chris57@gmail.com
Alan ahurley175@yahoo.com
Alan ahurley175@yahoo.com
Chris chris57@gmail.com
Frank frank27@hotmail.com

Entries: 4
Alan alan.hurley@gmail.com
Chris chris57@gmail.com
Frank frank27@hotmail.com
George george@hotmail.com

xxxx not found in dictionary
Alan alan.hurley@gmail.com
Chris chris57@gmail.com
Frank frank27@hotmail.com
Entries: 3

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 ex6
Right-click in the whitespace inside the ex directory.
Click and drag down to Create directory.
Add ex6 to the path in the dialog box.
Click OK.
Copy your ex6.py
Click and drag the script from your machine to the ex6 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 names_emails.txt to pe15
Click and drag the file from your machine to the ex6 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/ex06.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.