Mark VanMiddlesworth wrote: > this is a script that systematically pings every host on the network, > and writes the output to the screen. If the -n arg is specified, it > will also write to a disk. What's wrong with the syntax, especially > line 12?
Why am I supposed to count to line 12, instead of you marking it? > #!/usr/bin/env perl > > $x = 1; > $b = 0; > for ($x = 1; $x < 256; $x++) { > $a = `ping -q -c 1 192.168.1.$b`; > $b += 1; > print "192.168.1.$b "; > print $a; > $usage="ping.pl [-n]" > if ($arg = "-n") {$e = 0} # Line 12 You are asking, in the line above, whether your assignment of "-n" to the scalar $arg succeeded. Answer: true, always. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]