what file? The for loop above takes an actual list of hostnames. If you want to use a text file: for ip in $( cat list_of_hostnames.txt); do host $ip done On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> wrote: > That works for me, as well. Have not gotten the file to work though. > > tried: x.x.x.x x.x.x.x x.x.x.x > and > x.x.x.x > x.x.x.x > x.x.x.x > > > Host util thinks the file is an actual host. > > > > On 12/04/2014 03:44 PM, tclug at freakzilla.com wrote: >> >> for ip in 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.65 192.168.0.74; do >>> >>> host $ip >>> done > > > -- > Raymond Norton > LCTN > 952.955.7766 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired