easily enable/disable named sections in your hosts file. useful for switching from "distraction mode" into "non distraction mode". your excellence might find other usages.
pip install hosts-manager # not yet
pip install -e 'https://github.com/benzkji/hosts-manager#egg=hosts-manager'
# or, use --user, or sudo might be needed, when installing globally
Usage: hosts [OPTIONS] COMMAND SECTIONS...
enable|disable named sections in your hosts file
filename.bak-YYYY-MM-DD--... is created by default
Options:
--file FILENAME if not /etc/hosts
--dry-run only pretend to
-v, --verbose output resulting file at the end
--backup / --no-backup default: true
--help Show this message and exit.
sudo is probably needed when not a superuser.
sudo hosts disable social # disable section "social"
sudo hosts enable news # enable section "news"
sudo hosts enable dev new social # enable section dev, news and social
hosts manager will comment or uncomment the lines in the respective section. It's a good practice to
first check results with the --dry-run option.
your hosts file:
basics, loopback, etc
.
register.adobe.com 127.0.0.1
.
.
# start:social
facebook.com 127.0.0.1
instagram.com 127.0.0.1
twitter.com 127.0.0.1
# end
# or end:social
# or endwhatever
# must start with "# end"
others.com 99.99.99.99
anothers.com 66.66.66.66