hostfiles - A simple script to manage multiple sets of hostfiles on *NIX systems
hostfiles [options]
Options: --enable Enable one or more hostfile fragments --disable Disable one or more hostfile fragments --status Display the status of various hostfile fragments --interactive Present an interactive list of hostfile fragments
Enable one or more hostfile fragments. This option may be specified multiple times and multiple fragments may be specified in a comma-separated list.
Disable one or more hostfile fragments. This option may be specified multiple times and multiple fragments may be specified in a comma-separated list.
Display a list of fragments and their status. A '+' indicates the fragment is enabled. A '*' indicates an enabled fragment has been changed in /etc/hosts.
Presents an interactive list of hostfile fragment to enable or disable.
This program will read the hostfile fragments specified to be enabled from /etc/hostfiles/<fragment_name> and add them to /etc/hosts. It will remove any fragments from /etc/hosts that are specified to be disabled.
Copyright (c) 2010-11 Anthony J. Mirabella. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Anthony J. Mirabella <mirabeaj AT gmail DOT com>
To install Hostfile::Manager, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Hostfile::Manager
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Hostfile::Manager
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.