Re: [nv-l] loadhosts CLI

[Paul <pstroud@bellsouth.net>]

Chris,
Create a file like this:
ip hostname
etc

then use something like this

while read line
do
loadhosts -m xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx $line
done < file_you_created

Paul



Christopher J Petrina wrote:

> hello all,
>
> attempting to use loadhosts inside a script on UNIX.    generally when 
> I want to do a loadhosts it looks something like this.
> loadhosts -m subnet <<EOF
> >ip hostname
> >ip hostname
> >ip hostname
> >EOF
>
> this works at the command line jsut fine. My issue however is how can 
> I put all that onto one line so that I can put it inside a script?   
> if you look atl the line it has line feed (^J) characters in it but 
>  adding them in the script does not seem to work. any suggestions?  
>
> Thanks
> Chris Petrina