Archive for the 'Internet Utility Scripts' Category

Regex Filter Phrase Finder

Monday, October 30th, 2006

BATCH FIND AND REPLACE SPIDER.

Drop this CGI script into any directory on your webserver and run it from the browser or telnet and it instantly does a search and replace (or delete) for any regular expression(s) in every file present inside the directory structure.  Smartspider technology locates all files and will completely probe even the most complex subdirectory trees.  Use it to replace (for example) any slogan, menubar, graphic link, phrase, misspelled word(s), old phone numbers, etc.   Best of all is you can use this tool to remove all of those stupid MICROSOFT spam HTML tags & for example from your entire website.  The CGI script counts, logs and reports on all files filtered in real time.  CGI script is extremely fast.

System Requirements

Perl 5
Ability to run cgi scripts outside of your cgi-bin
Telnet is nice but not required

Features

No time out problems even with huge websites
Run by telnet OR by browser
Realtime progress output
Remove Front Page Spam Tags!
Easily modified to do any type of search and replace
Updates the date of each file (last modified date) which is good for search engine placement
Literally dozens of ways to use this script - fix misspelled words, change of address or email, etc.
Extremely fast CGI script
Fix broken links

Automatic MySQL Backup

Monday, October 30th, 2006

AUTOMATE BACKUP AND ARCHIVAL OF YOUR MYSQL DATABASES

Simple to install script which completely automates backup and archival of any or all of your mysql databases.  You can use in combination with “Nightly Backup” to even backup to remote servers.  Easy to install and reliable.  Date stamps each backup so you have no worries about 0k database backups!  Just plug this script in and all your MYSQL backup needs are done automatically.

System Requirements

Perl 5
Crontab

Features

Date stamps each backup
Can set to backup daily, hourly, weekly, monthly, any time interval
Can use in combination with our Nightly Backup cgi script to backup further to remote servers
Super easy installation
No risk of 0k file backups!
Negligible system load