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> [comment]
  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 disabled
  hosts enable ( <ip> | <hostname> | <search string> )
  hosts enabled
  hosts edit
  hosts file

For full usage, run:

hosts help

For help with a particular command, try:

hosts help <command name>

Commands

hosts add <ip> <hostname> [comment]

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

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

Remove one or more records based on a given IP address, hostname, or search string. When the --force option is used, the confirmation prompt is supressed.

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

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 show ( <ip> | <hostname> | <search string> )

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

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

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

hosts disabled

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

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

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

hosts enabled

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

hosts edit

Open the hosts file (/etc/hosts) file in your editor.

hosts file

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

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