Editor with syntax highlightingGas Mask features editor with syntax highlighting. FromClockwise OU:Gas Mask is simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X Snow. Type the following code into Terminal sudo vi /etc/hosts 3. Gas Mask is a simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X Snow Leopard & Lion. It allows to edit hosts files and switch between them.
What are some alternatives?
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When comparing Hosts Editor and VirtualHostX, you can also consider the following products
SwitchHosts- Free and open source hosts management & switching app
Gas Mask- Gas Mask is simple hosts file manager for Mac OS X.
HostsXpert- HostsXpert is an ultra-groovy Hosts file Manager, Editor and Helper-outter.
Anvil- Drag and Drop Python Web App Builder
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BlueLife Hosts Editor- BlueLifeHosts editor is a Portable freeware application for editing windows Hosts file ,(easily add/delete , Block , Update domain names)
Hosts Switcher for Firefox- Hosts switcher allows you to change and reload your hosts file based on a simple template language.
Your echo command isn't right (keystroke would be a System Events command if it wasn't in a text string), but you should be seeing the incorrect text in the hosts file. The statement should be more like
sethostToAddto'echo ' & linefeed & quoted formofx & linefeed & ' >>'
... but really all you need to do is use a text editor that is designed for these kinds of things, such as TextWrangler or BBedit. Either of those can navigate to the hidden folders and edit the file directly, including admin authentication.
Dec 23, 2012 1:04 PM