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Hosts

A command line program for managing hosts file entries.

Installation

Homebrew

To install with Homebrew:

brew tap alphabetum/taps && brew install alphabetum/taps/hosts

bpkg

To install with bpkg:

bpkg install alphabetum/hosts

Manual

To install manually, simply add the hosts script to your $PATH. If you already have a ~/bin directory, you can use the following command:

curl -L https://raw.github.com/alphabetum/hosts/master/hosts \
  -o ~/bin/hosts && chmod +x ~/bin/hosts

Usage

Usage:
  hosts
  hosts add <ip> <hostname> [<comment>]
  hosts block <hostname>
  hosts disable (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>)
  hosts disabled
  hosts edit
  hosts enable (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>)
  hosts enabled
  hosts file
  hosts list [enabled | disabled | <search string>]
  hosts search <search string>
  hosts show (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>)
  hosts remove (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>) [--force]
  hosts unblock <hostname>

For full usage, run:

hosts help

For help with a particular command, try:

hosts help <command name>

Commands

hosts add

Usage:
  hosts add <ip> <hostname> [<comment>]

Description:
  Add a given IP address and hostname pair, along with an optional comment.

hosts block

Usage:
  hosts block <hostname>

Description:
  Block a given hostname by adding new entries assigning it to `127.0.0.1`
  for IPv4 and both `fe80::1%lo0` and `::1` for IPv6.

hosts commands

Usage:
  hosts commands [--raw]

Options:
  --raw  Display the command list without formatting.

Description:
  Display the list of available commands.

hosts disable

Usage:
  hosts disable (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>)

Description:
  Disable one or more records based on a given ip address, hostname, or
  search string.

hosts disabled

Usage:
  hosts disabled

Description:
  List all disabled records. This is an alias for `hosts list disabled`.

hosts edit

Usage:
  hosts edit

Description:
  Open the /etc/hosts file in your $EDITOR.

hosts enable

Usage:
  hosts enable (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>)

Description:
  Enable one or more disabled records based on a given ip address, hostname,
  or search string.

hosts enabled

Usage:
  hosts enabled

Description:
  List all enabled records. This is an alias for `hosts list enabled`.

hosts file

Usage:
  hosts file

Description:
  Print the entire contents of the /etc/hosts file.

hosts help

Usage:
  hosts help [<command>]

Description:
  Display help information for hosts or a specified command.

hosts list

Usage:
  hosts list [enabled | disabled | <search string>]

Description:
  List the existing IP / hostname pairs, optionally limited to a specified
  state. When provided with a seach string, all matching enabled records will
  be printed.

hosts remove

Usage:
  hosts remove (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>) [--force]
  hosts remove <ip> <hostname>

Options:
  --force  Skip the confirmation prompt.

Description:
  Remove one or more records based on a given IP address, hostname, or search
  string. If an IP and hostname are both provided, only records matching the
  IP and hostname pair will be removed.
Usage:
  hosts search <search string>

Description:
  Search entries for <search string>.

hosts show

Usage:
  hosts show (<ip> | <hostname> | <search string>)

Description:
  Print entries matching a given IP address, hostname, or search string.

hosts unblock

Usage:
  hosts unblock <hostname>

Description:
  Unblock a given hostname by removing its entries from the hosts file.

hosts version

Usage:
  hosts (version | --version)

Description:
  Display the current program version.

Tests

To run the test suite, install Bats and run bats test in the project root directory.

Acknowledgements

Based on prior work by:

Original idea and interface (since changed) via:

https://github.com/macmade/host-manager