From cdf7793d7e7e7d9ba5e993da8beef12a09742788 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Melody <hi@williammelody.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:58:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Make `list` search terms match anywhere on the line

Making list more flexible enables searching for hostnames as well as
partial ip addresses.
---
 Readme.md | 2 +-
 hosts     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 90d41e4..222b4ee 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ A command line program with shortcuts for managing hosts file entries.
     Usage:
       hosts add <ip> <hostname>
       hosts remove <hostname>
-      hosts list [127.]
+      hosts list [<search string>]
       hosts edit
       hosts file
 
diff --git a/hosts b/hosts
index 1469184..5b29f9e 100755
--- a/hosts
+++ b/hosts
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ Description:
 EOM
 list() {
   if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
-    grep "^$1" /etc/hosts
+    grep "^[^#]*$1" /etc/hosts
   else
     # NOTE: use separate expressions since using a | for the or results in
     # inconsistent behavior.