updatehosts.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Upate your hosts file  - Jan Sroka <github@jansroka.com>
set -o errexit   # abort on nonzero exitstatus
set -o nounset   # abort on unbound variable
set -o pipefail  # don't hide errors within pipes

# comment this out to remove debug output
set -x

# Ask for sudo password upfront
sudo -v

# make sure we start clean
rm --recursive --force ./hosts

# shallow clone the hosts repo
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

# install deps
pip3 install --user -r ./hosts/requirements.txt

# update the hosts file
python3 ./hosts/updateHostsFile.py --auto --noupdate --nogendata --replace --flush-dns-cache --blacklist ./blacklist --whitelist ./whitelist --extensions Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + porn + social

# cleanup after ourselves
rm --recursive --force ./hosts

# if we reached this far, exit cleanly
exit 0