Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: hostsed
Version: 0.4.0
Summary: UNKNOWN
Home-page: https://github.com/socrateslee/hostsed
Author: lichun
License: UNKNOWN
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
License-File: LICENSE

hostsed – A tiny hosts file command line edit tool
==================================================

hostsed is a simple python tool for editing hosts file(default
/etc/hosts), you can add or delete a DNS entry via command line
shell(e.x. bash). Editing hosts file with hostsed would be a more
idemponent command line experience, i.e., add/del the same record won’t
result duplicated or missing entries in the hosts file. hostsed will
check the validity ip address for both IPV4 and IPV6.

Install
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You may install hostsed via pip. Python3 is preferred:

::

   sudo pip3 install hostsed

Or on system default pip command:

::

   sudo pip install hostsed

Usage
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Display the hosts file content
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

   sudo hostsed
   # specify a location other than /etc/hosts
   hostsed --file hosts.example

Add an entry
~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

   sudo hostsed add <ip address> <hostname1> <hostname2> ...

Example:

::

   sudo hostsed add 192.168.1.1 gateway
   sudo hostsed add 172.17.0.5 mongo-store-1 mysql-02
   hostsed --file hosts.exmaple add 127.0.0.1 valarmorghulis.io

Delete an entry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

rm/delete/remove are all alias for del:

::

   sudo hostsed del <ip address> <hostname>

Example:

::

   sudo hostsed remove 192.168.1.1 gateway
   hostsed --file hosts.exmaple rm ::1 localhost

Drop lines with specified ip or hostname
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

   sudo hostsed drop <ip or hostname>

Example:

::

   sudo hostsed drop 192.168.1.1
   sudo hostsed drop www.example.com
   hostsed --file hosts.exmaple drop ::1

Get the ip address of a docker container
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

   sudo hostsed docker <docker-container-name>

Acknowledgement
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Thanks for @noahfx provide some awesome improve for hostsed.


