thanks for quick repsonse;i actually have 2codes that i got from the internet and trying but isnt working,here are they: here's the simple one that isnt working too; 
#!/bin/sh
#
# pinghosts - ping hosts in /home/olle/file2.txt, output is coloured (
+red=bad). Ver 1.00.
#
#

for host in `awk '/^[0-9]/ { print $1 }' /home/ole/file2.txt`
do
    echo "Checking $file2: \c"
    ping6 $host 1 2>&1 | \
       sed 's/.*no answer.*/[31;1m& [0m/;s/.*is alive.*/[32;2m& [0m/'
done

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In reply to Re^2: PERL SCRIPT FOR IPv6 LOOK-UP by sam127
in thread PERL SCRIPT FOR IPv6 LOOK-UP by sam127

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