i managed to figure this out but i still have some problems, just different ones.
Quote:
delos@linux:~/down> for x in 'cat /home/delos/down/ipz'
> do
> ping -c 1 $x >> iplist
> done
ping: unknown host cat
delos@linux:~/down> for x in 'cat ipz'
> do
> ping -c 1 $x >> iplist
> done
ping: unknown host cat
delos@linux:~/down>
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iplist is created but it is empty. some of the ips in my list (home/delos/down/ipz) work for sure so that is not the problem.
edit: i seem to have been beaten with a stupid-stick today. for some reason i used '' instead of ``.
thank you for your help