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in thread Hashes or arrays in the command line

Ok I goofed the file is static like /etc/passwd and I am taking it from a backup sub directory and the server is the variable that changes not the file itself, so it should be like:

#! /usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my @SERVERS = ('sneezy','sleepy','dopey','grumpy');
my $path = "/home/backup/";

foreach my $this_server ( @SERVERS ) {
  `cp $path/$this_server/etc/passwd .`;
}

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Does this lokk right??

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Re: Re: Re: Hashes or arrays in the command line
by EvdB (Deacon) on Nov 20, 2003 at 19:02 UTC
    It looks fine.

    If you want to do a sanity check try doing this: 

    foreach my $this_server ( @SERVERS ) {
  my $command = "cp $path/$this_server/etc/passwd .";
  warn "Will execute '$command'\n";
  # system ($command); # uncomment when ready.
}

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    --tidiness is the memory loss of environmental mnemonics

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