in reply to Need help with script with a while loop reading file

Assuming you have one hostname per line in your file you need to add a  chomp; after while (<FILE>) { to remove the newline at the end of the hostname.

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Re^2: Need help with script with a while loop reading file
by brianjb (Novice) on May 03, 2013 at 14:26 UTC
    Thank you very much! I indeed forgot the chomp....rookie mistake