telnet to other servers whose names in a file 1

[we2aresame]

I tried to write a script to telnet to other servers, all servers' name in a file, can anybody help me to figure out how to read the server name from the file and give it to telnet, thanks.

 

[vgersh99]

while read host
do
telnet "${host}"
done < hostFile.txt

vlad
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[Ygor]

To select a host from a list...

select ID in $(<hostFile.txt)
do
[ $ID ] && telnet $ID
break
done

...you should see your hosts and a prompt, use 0 to abort.

 

[vgersh99]

Ygor,
have never used 'select' myself, but it is VERY helpful!

thanks for the tip.


vlad
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[we2aresame]

Great