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

cargo install hostman

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

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

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

Run the tool to get a usage summary:

hostman

Use this command to show your current hosts file.

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

$ hostman check localhost
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
127.0.0.1  localhost
::1  localhost

Add a new host to your hosts file.

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

Add a new host to your hosts file, using 127.0.0.1 as the ip.

hostman local <names> [comment]...

Remove a host from your hosts file.

hostman remove <host>

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

hostman disable <host>

Enable a commented out host from your hosts file.

hostman enable <host>

Update the cli to the latest version.

hostman update