Host File Scrutiny? 1

[unable24]

Help,
I have a basic ping script that works fine - but I can only reference a host file with IP's only:

I would like to follow the IP's w/ a tab and the host name, but my script doesn't like this:

here is my script:

dat=`date +%m%d%y`
while read HOST
do
ping $HOST -n 2 > /users/bastir/tempfile.txt
if grep '100% packet loss' /users/bastir/tempfile.txt
then
echo "cannot ping $HOST" >> /users/bastir/pingbad.$dat
else
echo "can ping $HOST successfully" >> /users/bastir/pinggood.$dat
fi
done < /users/bastir/civdev.txt


my host file is named civdev.txt

 

[ayjaycee]

You need to strip out the IP address when you read HOST :-

<snip>
while read HOST
do
IPADDR=`echo $HOST | awk '{print $1}'`
ping $IPADDR -n 2 > /users/bastir/tempfile.txt
</snip>

although you'll probably also want to strip out any comment lines ($IPADDR starting with &quot;#&quot.

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[unable24]

Thanks, worked like a charm.