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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 09:45:26 -0800
From: "Raymundo M. Vega" <RaymundoVega@home.com>
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To: Joe.Warner@smed.com
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Subject: Re: Help me make FreeBSD shine
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Joe.Warner@smed.com wrote:
> 
> Hey thanks!
> 
> Right now, I'm just starting with something simple.
> 
> I created this script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> grep -v "#" /etc/hosts | awk '{print $1}' | while read host
> do
> ping -c 1 $host

complete the line with:
ping -c 1 $host >> hosts_on_line.txt

You may need to delete this file at the begining of the script
because it will append the output.

suerte

raymundo
> done
> 
> ...and it works, except I want the output to be dumped
> into a text file.
> 
> Do you know how I should change this script so I could
> do that?
> 
> If this script doesn't do what my manager wants, I'll
> definitely try yours.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Joe
>


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