grep has no effect

LinuxChiq · 12-01-2011, 07:10 PM

#!/bin/bash

for ip in $(seq 200 255); do
nc -vvz 192.168.15.$ip 25 |grep "open" &
done

Thats the code I have, I basically just want to find all the smtp servers in the range, I'm successfully doing it but want to see only the lines that have the word 'open' in it.

When I run the above script, it just shoots out everything as if the grep wasnt there. Not sure what is going on, I'm sure grep probably isn't broken..

Tinkster · 12-01-2011, 07:36 PM

That's because your nc output is going to STDERR ... try

Code:

#!/bin/bash

for ip in $(seq 200 255); do
nc -vvz 192.168.15.$ip 25 2>&1|grep "open" &
done

David the H. · 12-01-2011, 09:03 PM

seq is unnecessary, as bash has brace expansion.

Code:

for ip in {200..255}; do
   ...