Hostman

Hostman is a command line manager for /etc/hosts.

Installation

using cargo

shell cargo install hostman

Manual install

Download the latest release for your architecture from github and put it in a directory in your path.

Install script

You can use the trust install script to install this tool:

shell curl -LSfs https://japaric.github.io/trust/install.sh | \ sh -s -- --git lucascaro/hostman

Usage

Run the tool to get a usage summary:

shell hostman

hostman show

Use this command to show your current hosts file.

hostman check

Use this command to check if a host is in your hosts file:

```shell $ hostman check localhost

localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost ```

hostman add

Add a new host to your hosts file.

shell hostman add <ip> <names> [comment]...

hostman remove

Remove a host from your hosts file.

shell hostman remove <host>

hostman disable

Disable (comment out) a host from your hosts file.

shell hostman disable <host>

hostman enable

Enable a commented out host from your hosts file.

shell hostman enable <host>

hostman update

Update the cli to the latest version.

shell hostman update