#!/bin/bash CMD=$1 echo -e "You are about to run \e[1;32m$CMD\e[0m on all hosts." run () { if grep -q "sudo" <<< "$CMD"; then echo "sudo command detected. Attempting to elevate permissions" parallel-ssh -A -i -x '-tt' -t 0 -h pssh_hosts -l ansible "echo 'ansible' | $CMD && history -c" else parallel-ssh -A -i -x '-tt' -h pssh_hosts -l ansible "$CMD && history -c" fi } while true; do read -p "Are you sure? (y/n): " yn case $yn in [Yy]* ) run; break;; [Nn]* ) exit;; * ) echo "Please answer yes or no.";; esac done