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Shell script to update hosts file
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#! /bin/sh | |
# @author: Jarle Friestad | |
# Based on script by Claus Witt (http://clauswitt.com/319.html) | |
# Adding or Removing Items to hosts file | |
# Use -h flag for help | |
DEFAULT_IP=127.0.0.1 | |
IP=${3:-$DEFAULT_IP} | |
case "$1" in | |
add) | |
echo "$IP $2" >> /etc/hosts | |
;; | |
remove) | |
sed -i "/\s$2/d" /etc/hosts | |
;; | |
*) | |
echo "Usage: update-hosts COMMAND [args..]" | |
echo | |
echo "Utility for adding or removing entries in hosts file" | |
echo | |
echo "Commands:" | |
echo " add update-hosts add [hostname] [ip]" | |
echo " remove update-hosts remove [hostname]" | |
echo | |
echo "Ip defaults to 127.0.0.1" | |
echo | |
echo "Examples:" | |
echo " update-hosts add testing.com 127.0.0.2" | |
echo " update-hosts remove testing.com" | |
exit 1 | |
;; | |
esac | |
exit 0 |
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