From bd7c90ebddf49dabcab6e511c3bed3a733ec83ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Dinkel <dinkel@embl.de>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:06:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add more exercises: "Putting it all together"
---
sphinx_beginner/exercises_beginner.rst | 15 +++++++++++++
sphinx_beginner/solutions_beginner.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sphinx_beginner/exercises_beginner.rst b/sphinx_beginner/exercises_beginner.rst
index 4de18ff..6c90c7a 100644
--- a/sphinx_beginner/exercises_beginner.rst
+++ b/sphinx_beginner/exercises_beginner.rst
@@ -135,6 +135,21 @@ IO and Redirections
B. Next, use the :ref:`pipe <pipe>` symbol (`|`) and `sort` to sort this output *numerically*
+Putting it all together
+-----------------------
+
+#. Create a new directory named ``myscripts`` in your homedirectory
+
+#. Create an empty file named ``mydate`` in the newly created directory
+
+#. Add the directory ``~/myscripts`` to your ``PATH`` environment variable
+
+#. Use ``echo`` in combination with Redirection/Append to write ''date'' into the file ``~/myscripts/mydate``
+
+#. Change the permissions of the file ``mydate`` to be executable by you (and you only)
+
+#. Run the file ``mydate`` (it should print the current date & time). Make sure you can run it from any directory (change to your homedirectory and just type ``mydate``).
+
Bioinformatics
--------------
diff --git a/sphinx_beginner/solutions_beginner.rst b/sphinx_beginner/solutions_beginner.rst
index 04010ba..60a520b 100644
--- a/sphinx_beginner/solutions_beginner.rst
+++ b/sphinx_beginner/solutions_beginner.rst
@@ -273,6 +273,37 @@ IO and Redirections
$ cut -f3 -d':' /etc/passwd | sort -n
+Putting it all together
+-----------------------
+
+#. Create a new directory named ``myscripts`` in your homedirectory::
+
+ $ mkdir ~/myscripts
+
+#. Create an empty file named ``mydate`` in the newly created directory::
+
+ $ touch ~/myscripts/mydate
+
+#. Add the directory ``~/myscripts`` to your ``PATH`` environment variable::
+
+ $ export PATH=$PATH:~/myscripts
+
+#. Use ``echo`` in combination with Redirection/Append to write ''date'' into the file ``~/myscripts/mydate``::
+
+ $ echo "date" >> ~/myscripts/mydate
+
+#. Change the permissions of the file ``mydate`` to be executable by you (and you only)::
+
+ $ chmod u+x ~/myscripts/mydate
+ $ chmod go-x ~/myscripts/mydate
+
+#. Run the file ``mydate`` (it should print the current date & time). Make sure you can run it from any directory (change to your homedirectory and just type ``mydate``).::
+
+ $ mydate
+
+ Congratulation, you've just created and run your first shell script!
+
+
Bioinformatics
--------------
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