linux code help

chestbrah

if ($1)

then

echo "Argument not found: Usage: script filename.conf"

exit

else

date | awk '{print "ping -i " $2 " " $1 " &"}' $1 | sh

fi | tee -a monitoring.log

wait

i tried to add a timestamp (date) to the code but its not working.

marc

What exactly is not working? What do you want to do?

I'm not sure ping supports that time interval...

Regards

chestbrah

I am supposed to read from a configuration while with a list of ip addresses and then ping those to see if they are reachable or not. I also need to add a timestamp for the results.

marc

And what format is the info in? one ip per line?

How do you want the output, where to put the timestamp and how you want to express the reachability?

You need to be much more preocise in your questions

Regards

chestbrah

Yes, it is one ip per line. Timestamp can infront of the output.

This is the code without the date. it works fine but no date. I tried to attach the config file but it is not supported.
if ($1)
then
echo "Argument not found: Usage: script filename.conf"
exit
else
awk '{print "ping -i " $2 " " $1 " &"}' $1 | sh
fi | tee -a monitoring.log
wait

Configuration file:

youtube.com 15
yahoo.com

777.777.777.777 15

129.219.110.112 30

999.999.999.999 30