Apologies -- I think that may have come out sounding more harsh than I intended. Silly text only communication. :-D On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Jeff Chapin <chapinjeff at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired