Hosts

A command line program with shortcuts for managing hosts file entries.

Installation

To get started, add the hosts script to your path.

Homebrew

To install with homebrew, use the following command:

brew install alphabetum/taps/hosts

Usage

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

For full usage, run:

hosts help

For help with a particular command, try:

hosts help <command name>

Why

Although it's easy to just edit the hosts file manually, it's nice to have a structured way to edit it and keep things a little organized.

Acknowledgements

Based on prior work by:

• https://github.com/nddrylliog
  • https://gist.github.com/nddrylliog/1368532
• https://github.com/dfeyer
  • https://gist.github.com/dfeyer/1369760

Original idea and interface (since changed) via:

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