diff --git a/utilities/aquilon/checkhost.sh b/utilities/aquilon/checkhost.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e29ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/aquilon/checkhost.sh
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+hosts=`cat hostlist.txt`
+#run aq show_hosts over multiple hosts and searches for passed string
+#example: basheckhost.sh Sandbox checks if hosts are in a sandbox
+#
+for t in ${hosts}; do
+  echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  echo $t
+  aq show_host --hostname ${t} | grep -i ${1}
+done
diff --git a/utilities/aquilon/compilehosts.sh b/utilities/aquilon/compilehosts.sh
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/aquilon/compilehosts.sh
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+hosts=`cat hostlist.txt`
+#compiles all hosts in the hostlist file
+#example: bash compilehosts.sh 
+#
+for t in ${hosts}; do
+  echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  echo $t
+  aq compile --hostname ${t} 
+done
diff --git a/utilities/aquilon/hostlist.txt b/utilities/aquilon/hostlist.txt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/aquilon/hostlist.txt
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diff --git a/utilities/hostlist.txt b/utilities/hostlist.txt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/hostlist.txt
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diff --git a/utilities/logsearch.sh b/utilities/logsearch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef3c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/logsearch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+hosts=`cat hostlist.txt`
+#searches xrootd and gridftp logs and ip address gw hosts listed above for parameter passed to script
+#example: bash logsearch.sh 31.147.202.178 searches for that ip address in logs and ssh
+#
+for t in ${hosts[@]}; do
+  echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  echo $t
+  ( ssh root@${t} "cat /var/log/xrootd/unified/xrootd.log | grep -i \"${1}\"")
+  ( ssh root@${t} "cat /var/log/gridftp/* | grep -i \"${1}\"")
+  ( ssh root@${t} "ss -a | grep -i \"${1}\"")
+done
diff --git a/utilities/serviceop.sh b/utilities/serviceop.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46d74bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utilities/serviceop.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+hosts=`cat hostlist.txt`
+# helper function to check if string is in list
+function exists_in_list() {
+    LIST=$1
+    DELIMITER=$2
+    VALUE=$3
+    LIST_WHITESPACES=`echo $LIST | tr "$DELIMITER" " "`
+    for x in $LIST_WHITESPACES; do
+        if [ "$x" = "$VALUE" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+#run service operations on targetted services over multiple hosts
+#example: bash serviceop.sh status xrootd@* reports the service status of all xrootd services on the hosts
+#
+if exists_in_list "start stop status restart" " " ${1}
+then
+  echo "start"
+else
+  echo "invalid op. valid ops are: start stop status restart"
+  exit
+fi
+for t in ${hosts}; do
+  echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+  echo $t
+  ( ssh root@${t} "systemctl ${1} ${2}" )
+done