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#!/bin/bash
# input file, you can replace this with $1 so you can run the script with ./script.sh server_list.txt
input_file=server_list.txt
# Your rsync options and executable things
RSYNC_OPTS="rsync arguments and stuff"

# Open the file and process all the lines in it.
for i in $(cat $input_file); do
   # Cut out everything up till the delimiter kolon.
   hostname=$(echo $i | cut -d':' -f1)
   # Cut out everthing after the first kolon until the next one
   target=$(echo $i | cut -d':' -f2)
   # This one is a tricky one. It ignores the first 2 kolons and then saves everything that comes after.
   # [^:]\+ tells sed to position at the next kolon
   paths=$(echo $i | sed "s/^[^:]\+:[^:]\+:\(.*\)$/\1/")
   # Run the rsync
   rsync $RSYNC_OPTS root@$hostname:$target $paths
done