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I have 100 servers and i need to login to them with ssh from central server using script: i tried below with this i should get the version redirected to the file which will be stored at central server.

#!/bin/bash

CMD='java -version'
while read line
do
    ssh -n user@"$line" $CMD >> /pathforoutputfile/outputjava.txt

done < /pathforhosts/hosts.txt

But I am not getting output generated in file /pathforoutputfile/outputjava.txt

Santosh Garole
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    you could use ansible for server orchestration. see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30388361/ansible-command-to-check-the-java-version-in-different-servers – Michael D. May 27 '19 at 16:51
  • Script looks fine, try running it with set -x. – jordanm May 27 '19 at 16:58

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That command does in fact write to stderr.

ron@haggis:~$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.2+9-Ubuntu-3ubuntu118.04.3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.2+9-Ubuntu-3ubuntu118.04.3, mixed mode, sharing)
ron@haggis:~$ 
ron@haggis:~$ java -version 2> foo.txt
ron@haggis:~$ cat foo.txt
openjdk version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.2+9-Ubuntu-3ubuntu118.04.3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.2+9-Ubuntu-3ubuntu118.04.3, mixed mode, sharing)

Thus, you should redirect using 2>> instead of >> in 

ssh -n sgarole@"$line" $CMD >> /pathforoutputfile/outputjava.txt

One other thing I noticed is that you don't seem to be mentioning the remote host names in /pathforoutputfile/outputjava.txt.

Fabby
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RonJohn
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  • Doing an ordinary > redirect after done removes the need to manually delete the output file each time the script is being rerun: ...; done <inputfile >outputfile And the host could simply be outputted with printf '%s\n' "$line" in the loop. – Kusalananda May 27 '19 at 19:10
  • Thanks @fabby redirecting output using 2>> helped. – Santosh Garole Jan 14 '20 at 11:59
  • @SantoshGarole Don't thank me: I just edited RonJohn's original answer. (The best way of thanking is to upvote the answer once you get enough reputation) ;-) – Fabby Jan 16 '20 at 11:47