The issue with the script lies in how the while loop reads the file containing the list of domains. The current script doesn ' t correctly redirect the file ' s content to the loop. Changing line 5 to done < " $DOMAINS_LIST " correctly directs the loop to read from the file.

Step-by-Step Explanation

Original Script:

DOMAINS_LIST= " /path/to/list.txt "

while read -r i; do

nikto -h $i -o scan-$i.txt &

done

Identified Problem:

The while read -r i; do loop needs to know which file to read lines from. Without redirecting the input file to the loop, it doesn ' t process any input.

Solution:

Add done < " $DOMAINS_LIST " to the end of the loop to specify the input source.

Corrected script:

DOMAINS_LIST= " /path/to/list.txt "

while read -r i; do

nikto -h $i -o scan-$i.txt &

done < " $DOMAINS_LIST "

done < " $DOMAINS_LIST " ensures that the while loop reads each line from DOMAINS_LIST.

This fix makes the loop iterate over each domain in the list and run nikto against each.

References from Pentesting Literature:

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