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Created May 9, 2020 17:03
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Bash Script to Manage /etc/hosts file for adding/removing hostnames.
#!/bin/sh
# PATH TO YOUR HOSTS FILE
ETC_HOSTS=/etc/hosts
# DEFAULT IP FOR HOSTNAME
IP="127.0.0.1"
# Hostname to add/remove.
HOSTNAME=$1
function removehost() {
if [ -n "$(grep $HOSTNAME /etc/hosts)" ]
then
echo "$HOSTNAME Found in your $ETC_HOSTS, Removing now...";
sudo sed -i".bak" "/$HOSTNAME/d" $ETC_HOSTS
else
echo "$HOSTNAME was not found in your $ETC_HOSTS";
fi
}
function addhost() {
HOSTNAME=$1
HOSTS_LINE="$IP\t$HOSTNAME"
if [ -n "$(grep $HOSTNAME /etc/hosts)" ]
then
echo "$HOSTNAME already exists : $(grep $HOSTNAME $ETC_HOSTS)"
else
echo "Adding $HOSTNAME to your $ETC_HOSTS";
sudo -- sh -c -e "echo '$HOSTS_LINE' >> /etc/hosts";
if [ -n "$(grep $HOSTNAME /etc/hosts)" ]
then
echo "$HOSTNAME was added succesfully \n $(grep $HOSTNAME /etc/hosts)";
else
echo "Failed to Add $HOSTNAME, Try again!";
fi
fi
}
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