diff --git a/restart_service_from_remote b/restart_service_from_remote
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/restart_service_from_remote
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+
+if ( [ -z $1 ] ); then
+  echo "USAGE: $0 service"
+  exit 3;
+else
+  if [ pidof systemd >/dev/null ]; then
+    sudo systemctl restart $1
+  else
+    sudo service $1 restart
+  fi
+fi
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