homework 1
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homework
Homeworks problems for week 1
1. Self assessment quiz (10 points)
Go through the lecture 1 self-assessment quiz. Feel free to use multiple attempts.
2. Run the lab 1 and show your work (10 points)
3. Edit the bash scripts from the lab and show your work (10 points)
- For the
01_init.shpart:- Task: Modify the script to create files with a different year (e.g., 2021 instead of 2020) in the file names.
- Learning Objective: This task will help understand how to modify string literals in bash scripts.
- For the
02_fix_filenames.shpart:- Task: Modify the script to rename files using a different date format (e.g., MM-DD-YYYY instead of YYYY-MM-DD).
- Learning Objective: This task will teach your how to use the
sedcommand for more complex pattern matching and substitution.
- For the
03_process_data.shpart:- Task: Modify the script to calculate the sum of the readings in addition to the average.
- Learning Objective: This task will help you understand how to perform arithmetic operations in bash and work with loops.
- For the
04_geo.shpart:- Task: Modify the script to print a message saying “Download complete” after downloading the gene expression data file.
- Learning Objective: This task will help you understand how to add simple print statements to provide user feedback in bash scripts.
- For the
05_filter_geo.shpart:- Task: Modify the script to create a new file called
filtered_results.csvthat contains the filtered records, instead of displaying them on the screen. - Learning Objective: This task will teach you how to redirect output to a file in bash scripts.
- Task: Modify the script to create a new file called
- For the
99_clean_all.shpart:- Task: Modify the script to print a message saying “Directory cleaned” after deleting all the files and removing the directory.
- Learning Objective: This task will help you understand how to add print statements to confirm the completion of a task in bash scripts.
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