ME 701 -- Homework 2

Please read the directions for each exercise carefully. For this homework, you are not modifying this file. You are, however, producing two new files.

Exercise 1

Write a bash script that converts a temperature from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Celcius. One way is to use bc; see TLCL for more. The script should be called temperature.sh.

To use the script, one should be able to type

laptop@robertsj$ bash temperature.sh 32

and get output similar to

32 F = 0 C

Exercise 2

Write a bash script that provides a count of the number of (1) files and (2) subdirectories in the current directory. The script should be named count_files_and_subdirs.sh. (Tools like wc and grep might be very helpful.) You may choose to exclude the hidden files and directories.

Exercise 3

Recall our team assignments defined here. Do the following:

0. Fork and clone your partner's (the person after you) repository (you will need to be given access).
1. Add your partner's repository as a remote.
2. Fetch and checkout your partner's master branch and use it to create a new branch named dev in your own, local repository.
3. Modify your partner's temperature.sh script to output the temperature in Kelvin, too.
4. Commit any changes and push to your GitHub repository as a new remote branch named dev.
5. Make a pull request from your remote dev branch into your partner's master branch
6. Communicate as needed so that the pull request is reviewed and accepted.
7. Communicate as needed with the person before you in the list who will be making a PR into your repository.

For full credit, each of the steps described above must be clearly visible from the commit log!