A semi-fancy script to automate submission of EE 16A homework assignments and self-grades.

submit-ee16a-hw.sh

#!/bin/bash

HW_NAME=$(basename "$PWD")

if [[ $HW_NAME == *"grades" ]]
then
  echo "Submitting self-grades!"

  echo "Uploading the grades to the instructional servers..."
  ssh ee16a "mkdir -p ~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME"
  scp $HW_NAME.txt ee16a:~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME/

else
  echo "Submitting a homework assignment!"

  # Ask about IPython submission
  while true; do
    read -p "Are you submitting a non-empty IPython notebook? (y/n) " yn
    case $yn in
      [Yy]* ) IPYNB=true; break;;
      [Nn]* ) IPYNB=false; break;;
      * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";;
    esac
  done

  # Check first that the pdf does not already exist before creating it
  if [ ! -f "$HW_NAME.pdf" ]
  then
    echo "Making a pdf of the photos..."
    # Find all image files and convert them into a pdf
    convert $(find . -type f -exec file {} \; | awk -F: '{ if ($2 ~/image/) print $1}') uncompressed.pdf

    echo "Compressing the pdf..."
    pdf2ps uncompressed.pdf output.ps
    ps2pdf output.ps $HW_NAME.pdf
    rm uncompressed.pdf output.ps
  else
    echo "The pdf already exists, so no need to make it again"
  fi

  echo "Uploading the pdf to the instructional servers..."
  ssh ee16a "mkdir -p ~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME"
  if [ "$IPYNB" = true ]
  then
    scp $HW_NAME.pdf $HW_NAME.ipynb ee16a:~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME/
  else
    scp $HW_NAME.pdf ee16a:~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME/
    ssh ee16a "touch ~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME/$HW_NAME.ipynb"
  fi
fi

echo "Submitting documents..."
ssh ee16a "
  cd ~/classes/ee16a/$HW_NAME
  submit $HW_NAME
  echo 'Submitted successfully! Time submitted:'
  glookup -t | grep $HW_NAME
"

does this ask for your ssh password every time it runs a remote command?