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Quickly add a host to the hosts file.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # quickly add a host to the hosts file | |
| hostname="$1" | |
| ipaddress="$2" | |
| hostsfile="$3" | |
| if [ -z "$ipaddress" ]; then | |
| ipaddress="127.0.0.1" | |
| fi | |
| if [ -z "$hostsfile" ]; then | |
| hostsfile="/etc/hosts" | |
| fi | |
| echo "$ipaddress $hostname" >> $hostsfile \ | |
| && echo "Added \"$ipaddress $hostname\" to $hostsfile" |
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