[CLUE-Tech] scp command to copy file to multiple host

[marcus hall]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:07:16AM -0400, desh sharma wrote:
> Hi
> Is there one line command to copy file one from HOSTA to HOSTB, HOSTC
> & HOSTD etc?
> like
> hosta# scp  -p FILEA root at HOSTB:/root/ root at HOSTC:/tmp root at HOSTD/home/

How about:

for i in HOSTA HOSTB HOSTC HOSTD;do scp -p FILEA root@$i:/root/;done

..

Hey, it *does* fit on one line, therefore it's a one line command, right?

That's what shells are for.

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Marcus Hall