SwitchHosts

A small command line utility for managing your hosts file.

Installation

Make sure your GOPATH binary directory is in your path:

$ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Then install SwitchHosts:

$ go get github.com/kyledayton/switch-hosts/...

Usage

Usage of switch-hosts:
switch-hosts <HOSTS_CONFIG>
<HOSTS_CONFIG> must be a file present in ~/.hosts/
Use the 'default' config to restore the original hosts file

The first time you run switch-hosts, a config directory will be created in your home folder ~/.hosts/. A backup of your hosts file /etc/hosts will be created at /etc/hosts.orig. In addition, a copy of your original hosts file will be stored at ~/.hosts/default. DO NOT REMOVE THIS FILE! When you switch hosts, the resulting hosts file will be the default with your selected HOSTS_CONFIG appended to it.

Example:

~/.hosts/default

127.0.0.1 localhost

~/.hosts/staging

10.0.0.0 staging.example.com

After running switch-hosts staging, your hosts file (/etc/hosts) will be:

127.0.0.1 localhost

10.0.0.0 staging.example.com

Adding configurations

To create a configuration, simply add it to your host config directory:

$ touch ~/.hosts/new-config
$ $EDITOR ~/.hosts/new-config

$ switch-hosts new-config

Restoring Default Configuration

To restore your default hosts file, simply use the 'default' config:

$ switch-hosts default

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
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means.

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