why are you printing the comman to a file... this is how I would rewrite the part that does the command. If you dont want to write it as a shell command use Socket, or use IO::Socket.
use FileHandle; use IPC::Open2; My (@machines,$host,$user,$pass) # read your record Open(INFILE,"<machines.txt") || die "Error opening machines.txt.$!,stopped" chomp ( @machines = <INFILE> ); Close(INFILE); Foreach my $rec (@machines) { ($host,$user,$pass) = split(/,/, $rec); open2(*RD_HD, *WR_FH, "ssh $user\@$host uptime") || die cant fork a child; <RD_FH>; if( m/password/ ){ print WR_FH "$pass\n"; print "\t\t\tHOST $host responded with\n"; print "__________________________________________________________\n"; while (<RD_FH>){print}; } else{ print "error msg from ssh: $_\n"; } } exit 0; this code is untested for more info see perldoc perlipc > # or die "Error opening records.txt.$!,stopped"; > # close(OUTFILE); > # open (OUTFILE, ">>records.txt") > # or die "Error opening records.txt.$!,stopped"; > # print OUTFILE 'ssh -l $user $host "uptime"'; > # close(OUTFILE); > #}; > ##!/usr/bin/perl > > #My (@machines,$host,$user,$pass) > > #Open(INFILE,"<machines.txt") > # or die "Error opening machines.txt.$!,stopped" > #@machines = <INFILE>; > #Close(INFILE); > #Foreach my $rec (@machines) { > # chomp($rec); > # ($host,$user,$pass) = split(/,/, $rec); > # open (OUTFILE, ">records.txt") > # or die "Error opening records.txt.$!,stopped"; > # close(OUTFILE); > # open (OUTFILE, ">>records.txt") > # or die "Error opening records.txt.$!,stopped"; > # print OUTFILE 'ssh -l $user $host "uptime"'; > # close(OUTFILE); > #}; > Without the hash marks of course. Where am I going wrong? Help please? > > His Faithful Servant, > Mark-Nathaniel Weisman > President / CEO > Infinite Visions Educational Systems Inc. > Anchorage, Alaska > http://www.ivedsys.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]