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From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To: Ryan <rnera@optushome.com.au>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: shell scripts?
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On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 12:59:57AM +1000, Ryan wrote:
> HI
> 
> I want to write a script to ping an IP with a pattern....
> 
> i want to be able to just type the filename and it will ask me for the IP to
> ping and send it away?

What do you mean by a "pattern?" Anyway, to prompt for an IP from a
script,

  #!/bin/sh

  echo -n "IP Address: "
  read IP

  ping $IP

But wouldn't it be easier to specify the IP at the command line?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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