{{tag>dns hosts bashrc}}

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Below works 50% of the time every time!
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====== Custom hosts file location ======
Add this to .bashrc so that you don't need to sudo edit ///etc/hosts// all the time...

  export HOSTALIASES=~/.hosts

Then add your hosts to //.hosts// file.

====== Tested on ======
  * 

====== See also ======

====== References ======
  * https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/10438/can-i-create-a-user-specific-hosts-file-to-complement-etc-hosts