Been a lurker since ~2k and an active member since ~2k9. Threw a question to "AI" the other day to write a script to safely allow me to update an iptables chain that I need to implement remotely. The result is below. My question for the monks isn't a question. It's a request from an old timer to see if there are any newcomers who can rewrite this script in Perl, properly.

#!/bin/sh
# apply-new-iptables.sh
OLD=/root/iptables-old.rules
NEW=/root/iptables-new.rules
# backup current
iptables-save > "$OLD"
# apply new rules
iptables-restore < "$NEW"
# start rollback timer: restore OLD after 60s if not canceled
( sleep 60 && iptables-restore < "$OLD" ) &
ROLLBACK_PID=$!
echo $ROLLBACK_PID > /tmp/iptables-rollback.pid
echo "New rules applied. To keep them, run: kill $(cat /tmp/iptables-r
+ollback.pid) && rm /tmp/iptables-rollback.pid"

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Hint: there is at least one hugely fundamental issue that AI hallucinated.

-stevieb

Update: Hablo espaņol si prefieres.

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