>[can't] pre-populate the receivers with scripts or special configurations Write a script in say, python. Then from memory you can do something like: $ ssh $r

>[can't] pre-populate the receivers with scripts or special configurations Write a script in say, python. Then from memory you can do something like: $ ssh $remotehost python < script Wrap that in a for remotehost in ${hosts[@]}; do Maybe? Has some merit on occasion.