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 ex21.py
  
• Copy the files students.txt and students.dat and student.py 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 something like
  

  it117 s17 section 1
  Adams  Jane, 45235
  Smith  John, 34524

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 ex21
  Right-click in the whitespace inside the ex directory.
  Click and drag down to Create directory.
  Add ex21 to the path in the dialog box.
  Click OK.
• Copy your ex21.py
  Click and drag the script from your machine to the ex21 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 the data files to pe15
  Click and drag students.txt, students.dat and student.py from your machine to the ex21 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/ex21.sh

  The script will prompt you for your Unix username.