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Append or Replace /etc/hosts using Tee
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append_etc_hosts.sh
#! /bin/bash
echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" | sudo tee --append /etc/hosts
echo "127.0.0.1" `ec2metadata --local-hostname` | sudo tee --append /etc/hosts
## Remove --append to overwrite the file
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SGmuwa commented Nov 27, 2023 

sudo tee --append /etc/hosts <<< "127.0.0.1 localhost"
sudo tee --append /etc/hosts <<< "127.0.0.1 `ec2metadata --local-hostname`"

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