utterwqlnut/usaco_script

usaco_script

Facts

This is a great bash script that makes writing competitive programming code easier
Only works for c++
Confirmed to work on Mac and Linux Requires programs to use file io for running

Running

• You can run the script with

bash pathToFile
or
sh pathToFile

• You can make it easier to run by making it an executable

Usage

• First you are prompted to enter the global path
  • You should use the absolute file path. It should start with /
  • To find the absolute file path you can do:

   readlink -f (relativePath)

  example:

   readlink -f ex.cpp

• Next you enter your sample input (leave an empty line at the end)
• Then you enter your sample output (leave an empty line at the end)

Commands

• You can run any normal terminal commands in this script
• There are a few special commands that you can only do in the script
  • run
  • exit
  • new

run

• This runs the program against the sample test case and shows the output if wrong

new

• This allows you to create a new sample test case for your program to run against

exit

• This exits you from the script

Final Comments

Hope you enjoy this script and you do well in your practice and competitions