diff --git a/daemon/scripts/core-service-update b/daemon/scripts/core-service-update
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+import re
+from io import TextIOWrapper
+
+
+def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=f"Helps transition older CORE services to work with newer versions")
+    parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", dest="file", type=argparse.FileType("r"),
+                        help=f"service file to update")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def update_service(service_file: TextIOWrapper) -> None:
+    update = []
+    for line in service_file.readlines():
+        # update service attributes
+        line = re.sub(r"^(\s+)_([a-z])", r"\1\2", line)
+        # rename dirs to directories
+        line = re.sub(r"^(\s+)dirs", r"\1directories", line)
+        # fix import states for service
+        line = re.sub(r"^.+import.+CoreService.+$",
+                      r"from core.services.coreservices import CoreService", line)
+        # fix method signatures
+        line = re.sub(r"def generateconfig\(cls, node, filename, services\)",
+                      r"def generate_config(cls, node, filename)", line)
+        line = re.sub(r"def getvalidate\(cls, node, services\)",
+                      r"def get_validate(cls, node)", line)
+        line = re.sub(r"def getstartup\(cls, node, services\)",
+                      r"def get_startup(cls, node)", line)
+        line = re.sub(r"def getconfigfilenames\(cls, nodenum, services\)",
+                      r"def get_configs(cls, node)", line)
+        # remove unwanted lines
+        if re.search(r"addservice\(", line):
+            continue
+        if re.search(r"from.+\.ipaddr|import ipaddr", line):
+            continue
+        if re.search(r"from.+\.ipaddress|import ipaddress", line):
+            continue
+        # add modified line to make updated copy
+        update.append(line)
+    service_file.close()
+
+    with open(f"{service_file.name}.update", "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(update)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = parse_args()
+    update_service(args.file)