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for host in `cat /tmp/listofhosts` ; do
     rcp $host:/path/to/filename /tmp
     echo "filename copied from $host"
     mv /tmp/filename /path/to/new/location/$host-filename
done

#!/bin/ksh

hostFile='myFileWithHosts.txt'
myUser='foo'
myPasswd='bar'

myFile2get='myFile'

while read host
do
ftp -n  <<EOF
   open ${host}
   user ${myUser} ${myPasswd}
   get ${myFile2get} ${myFile2get}_${host}
EOF
done < "${hostFile}"

#!/bin/ksh

hostFile='GLOBAL_hostFile.txt'
myUser='****'
myPasswd='*********'

GLOBAL_BACKUP='full_export.dmp'

while read host
do
ftp -n  <<EOF
   open ${host}
   user ${myUser} ${myPasswd}
   cd /global/prd/cycle/export
   get ${GLOBAL_BACKUP} ${GLOBAL_BACKUP}_${host}
EOF
done < "${hostFile}"