Actually I did read the man page on ping. After the email I went back and
read and still cannot find any reference to input or stdin requirements
david
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, rpjday wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, David Brett wrote:
>
> > I am trying to pipe to ping without success.
> >
> > awk '{print$1} testfiles | ping -nc 1
> >
> > testfile is
> >
> > 10.1.1.1 server1
> > 10.1.1.2 server2
> >
> > Any ideas why I can't pipe to ping?
>
> perhaps because, according to ping, it doesn't accept hostnames
> on standard input. also, it doesn't *appear* to accept multiple
> arguments.
>
> check the man page.
>
> rday
>
>
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