danwaz / hostl

Update hosts and vhosts files with one command

#Hostl Update hosts and vhosts files with one command

Setup

Clone the project and create a new alias in .bash_profile

alias hostl='sudo /path/to/hostl.sh'

Within hostl.sh

• edit $HOSTS_FILE and $VHOSTS_FILE to each respective file path
• edit $TEXT_EDITOR_ALIAS with your text editor of choice
• edit $BROWSER_PATH with your browser path

Usage

run hostl in your project's root directory

run hostl open to open $HOSTS_FILE and $VHOSTS_FILE in your chosen text editor

Note: This script needs to be run with root level permissions since we are modify root level files.