{"id":4225,"date":"2011-09-22T15:35:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T19:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2011-09-22T15:35:53","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T19:35:53","slug":"copy-1-file-to-multiple-cpanel-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/copy-1-file-to-multiple-cpanel-directories\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy one file to multiple directories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a client ask to copy a file to multiple public_html directories, came across this little bash script which worked beautifully: <\/p>\n


\ntouch copy.sh
\nvim copy.sh
\n<\/code>
\nadd this to file, modifying the name of the file to be copied (in this case, test.php)
\n
\n#\/bin\/bash
\nfor file in $(find \/home\/* -name public_html -type d)
\ndo
\ncp test.php ${file}
\ndone
\n<\/code>
\nonce the file is created, make it executable
\n
\nchmod +x copy.sh
\n<\/code>
\nNow, just run it as you would any other script
\n
\nsh copy.sh
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

There is also a method provided by cyberciti.biz<\/a> which works very well also.<\/p>\n

Someone also mentioned “what if you want to remove those same files?”
\nThe safest way would be to first run a backup of the account and then use a bash command like so;
\n
\nfind \/home\/*\/public_html\/ -type f -name \"test.php\" -exec rm -i {} \\;
\n<\/code>
\nThis will locate the test.php file in all of the public_html directories and prompt you to allow or deny the delete<\/p>\n


\n[root@host.domain.com] home >> find \/home\/*\/public_html\/ -type f -name \"test.php\" -exec rm -i {} \\;
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user1\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user2\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user2\/public_html\/test\/dir1\/test.php'? n
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user2\/public_html\/test\/dir2\/test.php'? n
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user3\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user4\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user5\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user6\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user7\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user8\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user9\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\nrm: remove regular file `\/home\/user10\/public_html\/test.php'? y
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

This should work for small amounts of accounts searched. If you have a large amount of files with the same name, you may be able to use the -mtime tag to limit the search even further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Had a client ask to copy a file to multiple public_html directories, came across this little bash script which worked beautifully: touch copy.sh vim copy.sh add this to file, modifying the name of the file to be copied (in this case, test.php) #\/bin\/bash for file in $(find \/home\/* -name public_html -type d) do cp test.php… <\/p>\n

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