Hello,

I have this simple script

while read name
do
ssh $name "hostname > /tmp/$name.txt"
ssh $name "/opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest | grep Main >> /tmp/$name.txt"
ssh $name "getconf MACHINE_SERIAL >> /tmp/$name.txt"
ssh $name "ioscan -kfnC processor | grep processor | wc -l >> /tmp/$name.txt"
ssh $name "getconf MACHINE_MODEL >> /tmp/$name.txt"
ssh $name "uname -a >> /tmp/$name.txt"
ssh $name "scp /tmp/$name.txt marques:/home/pilga/$name.txt"
ssh $name "rm /tmp/$name.txt"
done < /home/pilga/man_blade.txt

And the file to read the names from is this;

anderson
albers
amon
acheson
doornbos
daigh
drogo
donnelly
revson
boutsen
danner
dalmas
modena
moss
massa
montoya

When i run this script it reads the first name (anderson) but once it has done all the ssh commands it just exits out and does not go to the next line........Guess i have made some obvious error but i cannot see it....

Another way of doing this is:
for name in `cat /home/pilga/man_blade.txt`
do
<your code>
done

NOTE: watch the tick marks they are back ticks

Also, be sure you don't have any hidden characters in the /home/pilga/man_blade.txt file. You can see them with 'vi'. Make sure each line is a new line. If this text file was ported from a windows box it may have hidden characters.

The original listing i had was copied from windows notepad so should have been okay, but i have deleted the entire text file and created it again manually in vi but still doesnt work....

Nevermind, that alternative command you suggested worked a treat...

Thanks