# get list of ip's to ping
# using a single instead of double quote around the filename eliminates the need for \\
# the second line stores the entire file in an array automagically
# it's good to always close a file when you're done with it
open (PINGFILE, '<c:\Documents and Settings\pinghosts.txt') or die "Can't open PingHost list: $!"; @pinglist = <PINGFILE>;
close(PINGFILE);
# now ping all machines
# this scrolls through the array, but each IP address is stored in $_ intead of $host
# you can't use > to push new values into an array, so you may want to create a new text file
Sorry, I may be telling you wrong on that part. I don't have a computer set up to test Perl right now.. you could try pushing the result directly into the @results array:
# now ping all machines
foreach (@pinglist) {
push(@result, system("ping $_"));
}
without giving you the WHOLE answer, the following code will ping each IP address in the requested file and store the results in the array @results
#!/perl/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Net::SMTP;
# get list of ip's to ping
open (PINGFILE, "< c:\\pinghosts.txt") or die "Can't open PingHost list: $!";
my @pinglist;
my @results;
my $holder;
while (my $line = <PINGFILE>) {
chomp $line;
# place the host ipaddress in the array @pinglist
push @pinglist, $line;
}
# now ping all machines
foreach my $host (@pinglist) {
# place results of ping in $holder
$holder = `ping $host`;
# place contents of $holder into the array @results
push @results, $holder;
}
NOTE: check the location of the file to open - I changed it for testing purposes.
OK - here we go. The details you require are in the array @pingDetails. It's possibly a bit crude, but it does work!
#!/perl/bin/perl -w
#use strict;
use Net::SMTP;
# get list of ip's to ping
open (PINGFILE, "< c:\\pinghosts.txt") or die "Can't open PingHost list: $!";
my @pinglist;
my @results;
my @pingDetails;
my $holder;
while (my $line = <PINGFILE>) {
chomp $line;
# place the host ipaddress in the array @pinglist
push @pinglist, $line;
}
# now ping all machines
foreach my $host (@pinglist) {
# place results of ping in $holder
$holder = `ping $host`;
# place contents of $holder into the array @results
push @results, $holder;
}
foreach my $result (@results) {
# pull out the IP address and time details
$result =~/(\d*\.\d*\.\d*\.\d*).*(time\<\d*ms)/;
#place the results into $details and push into the array
my $details = $1 . " " . $2 . "\n";
push @pingDetails, $details;
}
this is for windows NT. can you PLEASE help on this.
It has to open a list of e-mail address and put the @pingDetails into a text file and e-mail it to the e-mail address in the file.
and it has to use colin@oceanfree.net as the sending e-mail.
#get list of e-mail addresses to send e-mails to
opendir (EMAILS, "< c:\\Documents and Settings\\emaillist.txt") || die ("Can't open e-mail list: $!");
my @TO = readdir EMAILS;
closedir (EMAILS);
my $from = "colinctdprep\@oceanfree.net";
my $subject = "PERL pinghost program report";
foreach my $to (@TO) {
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("icmp");
die "Could not make connection: $!" unless $smtp;
$smtp->mail($from);
$smtp->to($to);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: $to\n");
$smtp->datasend("From: $from\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: $subject\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
foreach(@pingDetails) {
$smtp->datasend("$_\n");
}
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();
}
What error message are you getting now? Still the $smtp->mail($from); one?
If not, then you may want to try changing the email addresses inside the emaillist.txt file so that each address has a backslash before the @ symbol as well.. or create a small file and experiment with just a few addresses.
every time it open the emaillist.txt is erases the e-mail addresses inside it.
I canged that part to the chomp to take the output and put it ina array and still the same, it erases the addresses in the file. I tried the \ before the @ in the addresses and still erases the addresses.
#get list of e-mail addresses to send e-mails to
open (EMAILS, "< c:\\Documents and Settings\\emaillist.txt") || die ("Can't open e-mail list: $!");
my $from = "colinctdprep\@oceanfree.net";
my $subject = "PERL pinghost program report";
while (my $to = <EMAILS>) {
chomp ($to);
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("icmp");
die "Could not make connection: $!" unless $smtp;
$smtp->mail($from);
$smtp->to($to);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: $to\n");
$smtp->datasend("From: $from\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: $subject\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
foreach(@pingDetails) {
$smtp->datasend("$_\n");
}
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();
}
close (EMAILS);
and here's another way:
#get list of e-mail addresses to send e-mails to
open (EMAILS, "< c:\\Documents and Settings\\emaillist.txt") || die ("Can't open e-mail list: $!");
my @TO = <EMAILS>;
chomp (@TO);
close (EMAILS);
my $from = "colinctdprep\@oceanfree.net";
my $subject = "PERL pinghost program report";
my $to_addr;
foreach $to_addr (@TO) {
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("icmp");
die "Could not make connection: $!" unless $smtp;
$smtp->mail($from);
$smtp->to($to_addr);
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: $to_addr\n");
$smtp->datasend("From: $from\n");
$smtp->datasend("Subject: $subject\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
foreach(@pingDetails) {
$smtp->datasend("$_\n");
}
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();
}
that works but its having trouble connecting to send the e-mail.
$smtp = Net::SMTP->new("icmp");
die "Could not make connection: $!" unless $smtp;
It diplays the "Could not make connection" on the screen
the ("icmp") seems to be the problem iam guessing. The machine i using to run the script is connected directly to the internet, no proxy.
"icmp" should be replaced with whatever the name of your SMTP server is. If you're using an email program that connects to the same server, that may be one way to find out the name of it if you don't know it. It'll probably look something like "smtp.your_isp.com"
