hostsctl

hostsctl - Query and control the system hosts file.

Introduction

hostsctl may be used to query and change the system hosts file entries, local and remote.

• list entries
• add new entry
• remove entry
• set hostname of existing entry
• add and remove alias of existing entry

Installation

$ gem build
$ gem install -g
$ gem install hosts-$(ruby -Ilib -e 'require "hosts/version"; puts Hosts::VERSION').gem

Usage

For usage of command line tool hostsctl see following help output.

Usage:
    hostsctl [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND [ARG] ...

Parameters:
    SUBCOMMAND         subcommand
    [ARG] ...          subcommand arguments

Subcommands:
    add                add new hosts entry
    add-alias          add list of aliases to hosts entry
    list               list all hosts entries
    remove             remove hosts entry
    remove-alias       remove list of aliases from hosts entry
    set-hostname       set hostname of hosts entry

Options:
    -h, --help                print help
    -m, --man                 show manpage
    -v, --version             show version
    -f, --file FILE           hosts file (default: system file)
    -H, --host [USER@]HOST    operate on remote host

For API documentation use rake doc.

License

MIT License.

Is it any good?

Yes