#!/usr/bin/perl -w my $dir="/home/lcollins"; system "/bin/cat /dev/null > $dir/miss"; open (HOSTS,"$dir/ClockIP") or die "Can't open HOSTS $!"; open (MISS,">>$dir/miss") or die "Can't open miss $!"; my $miss=; while () { chomp; @args = ("/bin/ping $_ -c 2"); system(@args) == 0 or print MISS "$_\n" } print "Done.";