{{tag>gnome hosts desktop extension}}

====== Comment/uncomment hosts file from gnome shell panel ======

Install [[https://github.com/p-e-w/argos|argos]]

In //.config/argos/hosts.10s.sh// add this:
<file bash hosts.sh>
#!/usr/bin/env bash


R="hosts"
echo "$R"
echo "---"
echo "host01 | iconName=help-faq-symbolic terminal=true bash='switch_host.sh 01'"
echo "host02 | iconName=help-faq-symbolic terminal=true bash='switch_host.sh 02'"
echo "host03 | iconName=help-faq-symbolic terminal=true bash='switch_host.sh 03'"
echo "RESET | iconName=help-faq-symbolic terminal=true bash='switch_host.sh reset'"
echo "---"
CURRENT=$(awk '/## DELIMITER/,/##\/DELIMITER/' /etc/hosts | grep -v '^$' | grep -B1 -v '^#')
echo "$CURRENT"
</file>

Add script //.local/bin/// (substitute x.x.x.x with IPs in your hosts file):

<file bash switch_hosts.sh>
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Uncomment host in /etc/hosts file to hit it directly with browser.
# used by argos gnome extensions
# https://github.com/rammie/argos

if [ "$1" == "01" ];then
    sudo sed -i "/x.x.x.x/s/^#//g" /etc/hosts
elif [ "$1" == "02" ];then
    sudo sed -i "/x.x.x.x/s/^#//g" /etc/hosts
elif [ "$1" == "03" ];then
    sudo sed -i "/x.x.x.x/s/^#//g" /etc/hosts
elif [ "$1" == "reset" ];then
    sudo sed -i "/# DELIMITER/,/#\/DELIMITER/s/^\([^#].*\)/#\1/g" /etc/hosts
fi
</file>

Example ///etc/hosts//:

<code>
## DELIMITER
## live-host-01
#x.x.x.x www.domain.com

### live-host-02
#x.x.x.x www.domain.com

### live-host-03
#x.x.x.x www.domain.com
##/DELIMITER

</code>
====== Tested on ======
  * GNOME Shell 3.36.9

====== See also ======
  * [[https://extensions.gnome.org//extension/3981/guillotine/|Guillotine]]
====== References ======