Bash script for editing the hosts file
I just read a post about local development in apache by Jesper Rasmussen and thought one thing was missing. I usually test my sites and applications locally with the real domain – to ensure that functionality based on the url works as expected. However this means editing the hosts file several times a day. Now I have made a small shellscript that will add and remove lines from the hosts file.
#! /bin/bash
DEFAULT_IP=127.0.0.1
IP=${3:-$DEFAULT_IP}
case "$1" in
add)
echo "$IP $2" >> /etc/hosts
;;
remove)
sed -ie "\|^$IP $2\$|d" /etc/hosts
;;
*)
echo "Usage: "
echo "hosts.sh [add|remove] [hostname] [ip]"
echo
echo "Ip defaults to 127.0.0.1"
echo "Examples:"
echo "hosts.sh add testing.com"
echo "hosts.sh remove testing.com 192.168.1.1"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
As you can see the script defaults the ip to 127.0.0.1 for easy creation of local domains. Next step is to create a quicksilver (and a gnome do) plugin for easy creation without ever touching the terminal. (Even though we all love the terminal, right?)
by Claus Witt 
November 4, 2009 
Tags: bash, easy creation, hosts, shell script Posted in: Web development
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