How to edit hosts file via CMD

Question

Hello I d like to block some websites directly from the command prompt   echo like this   0 0 0 0 websitename com   How can I do this   OS  Windows 7

User · Accepted Answer

echo 0 0 0 0 websitename com  gt  gt   WINDIR  System32 Drivers Etc Hosts  the  gt  gt  appends the output of echo to the file   Note that there are two reasons this might not work like you want it to  You may be aware of these  but I mention them just in case   First  it won t affect a web browser  for example  that already has the current   real  IP address resolved  So  it won t always take effect right away   Second  it requires you to add an entry for every host name on a domain  just adding websitename com will not block www websitename com  for example

User · Answer

Use Hosts Commander  It s simple and powerful  Translated description  from russian  here   Examples of using  hosts add another dev 192 168 1 1   Remote host hosts add test local   127 0 0 1 used by default hosts set myhost dev   new comment hosts rem   local hosts enable local  hosts disable localhost      and many others     Help  Usage      hosts - run hosts command interpreter     hosts  lt command gt   lt params gt  - execute hosts command  Commands      add   lt host gt   lt aliases gt   lt addr gt     lt comment gt    - add new host     set   lt host mask gt   lt addr gt     lt comment gt         - set ip and comment for host     rem   lt host mask gt    - remove host     on    lt host mask gt    - enable host     off   lt host mask gt    - disable host     view  all   lt mask gt   - display enabled and visible  or all hosts     hide  lt host mask gt    - hide host from  hosts view      show  lt host mask gt    - show host in  hosts view      print      - display raw hosts file     format     - format host rows     clean      - format and remove all comments     rollback   - rollback last operation     backup     - backup hosts file     restore    - restore hosts file from backup     recreate   - empty hosts file     open       - open hosts file in notepad   Download  https   code google com p hostscmd downloads list

[windows-7] How to edit hosts file via CMD?

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