Start the lab

You'll need to start the lab before you can access the materials. To do this, click the green $$Start Lab$$ button at the top of the screen.

Green "Start Lab" button

After you click the $$Start Lab$$ button, you will see a shell, where you will be performing further steps in the lab. You should have a shell like this:

Screenshot of shell terminal CLI. CLI reads "student@$864$a$6934570$a: $-$$$"$

Prerequisites

We have created the employee list for you. Navigate to the data directory using the following command:

cd data

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To find the data, list the files using the following command:

ls

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You can now see a file called employees.csv$,$ where you will find your data. You can also see a directory called scripts. We will write the python script in this directory.

To view the contents of the file, enter the following command:

cat employees.csv

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Let's start by writing the script. You will write this python script in the scripts directory. Go to the scripts directory by using the following command:

cd ~$/$scripts

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Create a file named generate$\_$report.py using the following command:

nano generate$\_$report.py

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You will write your python script in this generate$\_$report.py file. This script begins with a line containing the #$!$ character combination, which is commonly called hash bang or shebang, and continues with the path to the interpreter. If the kernel finds that the first two bytes are #$!$ then it uses the rest of the line as an interpreter and passes the file as an argument. We will use the following shebang in this script:

#$!/$usr$/$bin$/$env python$3$

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