IT 117: Intermediate Scripting

IT 117: Intermediate to Scripting
Class 9 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 ex9.py
Copy the files it244_ids.txt and it341_ids.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 something like

it244_ids
-----------------------
01313387
01283749
00974687
01565798

it341_ids
-----------------------
01459659
00709552
01565798
00974687

it244_ids.difference(it341_ids)
-----------------------
01313387
01283749

it341_ids.difference(it244_ids)
-----------------------
01459659
00709552

it244_ids.intersection(it341_ids)
-----------------------
01565798
00974687

it341_ids.intersection(it244_ids)
-----------------------
01565798
00974687

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 ex9
Right-click in the whitespace inside the ex directory.
Click and drag down to Create directory.
Add ex9 to the path in the dialog box.
Click OK.
Copy your ex9.py
Click and drag the script from your machine to the ex9 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 the files it244_ids.txt and it341_ids.txt from your machine to the ex9 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.
Go to your ex9 directory
Run my test code on your script
```
~ghoffman/it117_test/ex09.sh
```
The script will prompt you for your Unix username.