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Hotfix release available: 2025-05-14a "Librarian".
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modifyhosts.sh
- modifyhosts.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash # Path to your hosts file hostsFile="/etc/hosts" # Default IP address for host ip="127.0.0.1" # Hostname to add/remove. hostname="$2" yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } remove() { if [ -n "$(grep -p "[[:space:]]$hostname" /etc/hosts)" ]; then echo "$hostname found in $hostsFile. Removing now..."; try sudo sed -ie "/[[:space:]]$hostname/d" "$hostsFile"; else yell "$hostname was not found in $hostsFile"; fi } add() { if [ -n "$(grep -p "[[:space:]]$hostname" /etc/hosts)" ]; then yell "$hostname, already exists: $(grep $hostname $hostsFile)"; else echo "Adding $hostname to $hostsFile..."; try printf "%s\t%s\n" "$ip" "$hostname" | sudo tee -a "$hostsFile" > /dev/null; if [ -n "$(grep $hostname /etc/hosts)" ]; then echo "$hostname was added succesfully:"; echo "$(grep $hostname /etc/hosts)"; else die "Failed to add $hostname"; fi fi } $@
modifyhosts.sh.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/06 10:27 by 127.0.0.1