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fukawi2

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cat /etc/hosts.standard > /etc/hosts
cat /etc/hosts.tor >> /etc/hosts
cat /etc/hosts.pages >> /etc/hosts
cat /etc/hosts.X >> /etc/hosts

Maintain your separate files as hosts.<whatever> then use a script like the above to consolidate them into the actual /etc/hosts file

EDIT: Yes, the first line has ONE > symbol (that overwrites the file with the contents of hosts.standard) and the rest have TWO >> symbols (to append the other files, rather than overwrite)

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gromlok

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fukawi2

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TS=`date +%m-%d-%y %H:%M:%S`
mv /etc/host ~/myhost/backups/hosts$TS

Using a pipe ('|') in file names is a bad idea

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R00KIE

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Or you could use dnsmasq if you don't mind having another daemon running, as a bonus you get dns caching. In the configuration file you then tell it to load several separate files, all with the correct hosts file syntax.

@fukawi2
Don't you mean

TS=`date "+%m-%d-%y %H:%M:%S"`
mv /etc/host "~/myhost/backups/hosts$TS"

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also see this

fukawi2

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@fukawi2
Don't you mean

Errr, yeah... Forgot there was a space in there, thx for picking that up

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gazj

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Just to make fukawi2's script idea more manageable. i.e no matter how many host files you have.

cat /etc/hosts.* > /etc/hosts

EDIT: Damm hosts.allow and hosts.deny - You must be able to omit those somehow

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falconindy

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shopt -s extglob
cat /etc/hosts.!(allow|deny) > /etc/hosts

this is purely a bashism.

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