#! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @SERVERS = ('server','server2','server3'); my $path = "/home/backup/nightly"; foreach my $this_server ( @SERVERS ) { #`if $this_server eq 0 then touch $this_server`; `chmod 775 *`; `cp $path/$this_server/etc_passwd ./passwds.$this_server`; `chmod 775 *`; }