Script to replace a string with another string in a file.

Lets assume that the file name is test. The file test contains many lines and you want to replace a line with another line.

1) Make a file abc,sh.
$ touch abc.sh

2) Insert the script into abc,sh.
$ vi abc.sh press i, then paste

#/bin/bash
cat filename
echo "enter the newstring"
read new
echo "enter the oldstring"
read old
sed -i "s/$old/$new/g" test

3) sh abc.sh

Output:
------
enter the newstring
new
enter the oldstring
old
------

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Script to Restore multiple accounts from another server. Cpanel.

Copy the backup files of cpanel in *.tar.gz to the new servers /home. After that open a screen.
1) $ screen

2)Then run the following script in the screen.
$ for i in `cat file1`; do /scripts/restorepkg $i; done
Note:in file1 the usernames must be present. For that run this script.
(for i in `cat /etc/trueuserdomains`; do echo $i|cut -d . -f1; done > file1)

3)Then exit from screen.
press ctrl + a + d.

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