http://www.perlmonks.org?node_id=170312

Quick program to rcp files to other hosts. Makes backup of old file first then copies across.
#!/bin/perl $bbproctab="bb-proctab"; $bbproctab_bkp="bb-proctab.bkp"; $dir="/export/home/bbuser/bb/etc"; $rcp="/bin/rcp"; $rsh="/bin/rsh"; @hosts = (host1,host2,host3); foreach $host(@hosts) { `$rsh $host mv $dir/$bbproctab $dir/$bbproctab_bkp`; `$rcp $bbproctab $host:$dir`; print "$rcp $bbproctab $host:$dir\n"; }