Use gsh to run the same command on multiple servers

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RK
Rob Kennedy
Mar 23, 2016

At some point you will find it very handy to be able to run the same command on multiple servers.

Sure, you could just put a list of IPs in a file and run something against it using a for loop, but gsh is going to make your life much easier. gsh will allow you to run the same command on various servers sorted by category.

RK

Rob Kennedy

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