On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 14:14 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote: > On 11/04/2009 02:10 PM, Dan Track wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running a command like this: > > > > for i in server1 server2;do ssh root@$i "`hostname`";done. > > > > However the hostname command always outputs the hostname of the server > > that the above command is run from. I'd like to know how to run this > > hostname command so that it actually runs on server 1, server2 etc.. > > > > Thanks > > Dan > > > > Use the following > for i in server1 server2;do ssh root@$i '`hostname`';done. That will try to execute the name of the remote host as though it was a command (backticks expand on the remote host and the output of the hostname command is used as the command line). $ ssh abox '`hostname`' bash: abox.example.com: command not found Bryn. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
