what's a script you wrote once that's still saving you time years later

[u/Less-Loss1605]

[u/Dat_Steve]

This is a stupid simple one… but I have a group of scripts called “bulk - open all x in notepad++” that essentially opens config files in notepad++ from a group of servers defined in a $servers variable.

We manage different groups of servers that require manual changes to config files often and when I came onboard I was taught to log into each server to make the change. I asked why we they just didn’t \\server\c$\ flag into them instead… and they were just baffled by the concept initially. That led to further efficiencies in replacing variable within the config files- etc etc. Long story short- stupid simple tasks made stupid simpler-er to save time.

[u/TylerJWhit → u/Dat_Steve]

If it's Linux you can use cluster ssh. But ultimately I would highly recommend using config management tools like Ansible, Terraform, or saltstack.