Homework 6 - Ian Forsyth

Leftover work from in-class assignment, and HW6 requirements.

After downloading the data file from the source, I opened a new bash shell and used command “unzip” to unzip the file folder. Using ‘ls’ presents the contents that have been unzipped in a nicer format.

To see how much disk space I’m using, I used the commands ‘df’ and/or ‘du’. ‘df -H’ will also work well and can be easier to read.

Playing with cowpy cowacter’s. ^^important message above.

Shell Utilities:

ls: this shows the contents of the directory that the user is in.

mkdir: Creates a new directory specified by the user.

ipconfig: displays Internet Protocol settings and configuration. Above is my connection through a mobile hotspot and VPN.

I installed csvkit, a package that can manipulate .csv files, and do conversions to and from .csv with file types like .xls and .json. It can also run SQL queries, generate summary stats, and import/extract data. According to http://csvkit.readthedocs.io , installing csvkit “makes your life easier”.