Windows Batch How to add Host-Entries

Question

I want to use this batch script to add new entries into my host file automatically by using windows batch.

Unfortunately, the script just adds one single line to the hosts file, also when i run the script as a administrator, so what's wrong?

@echo off

set hostspath=%windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

echo 62.116.159.4 ns1.intranet.de >> %hostspath%
echo 217.160.113.37 ns2.intranet.de >> %hostpath%
echo 89.146.248.4 ns3.intranet.de >> %hostpath%
echo 74.208.254.4 ns4.intranet.de >> %hostpath%

exit

User · Answer

Here is my modification of  rashy above  The script does the following      it verifies you have access  if not  requests it allows you to enter in multiple hosts in a list loops through the list It finds the line containing the the domain name and removes it  then re-adds it  incase the ip has changed since the last time the script was run    if the domain isn t there  it just adds it    This is the script    echo off TITLE Modifying your HOSTS file COLOR F0 ECHO       BatchGotAdmin  ------------------------------------- REM  -- gt  Check for permissions  gt nul 2 gt  amp 1   SYSTEMROOT  system32 cacls exe    SYSTEMROOT  system32 config system   REM -- gt  If error flag set  we do not have admin  if   errorlevel   NEQ  0        echo Requesting administrative privileges        goto UACPrompt   else   goto gotAdmin     UACPrompt     echo Set UAC   CreateObject   Shell Application     gt    temp  getadmin vbs      set params              echo UAC ShellExecute  cmd exe     c   s0  params         runas   1  gt  gt    temp  getadmin vbs         temp  getadmin vbs      del   temp  getadmin vbs      exit  B   gotAdmin     pushd   CD       CD  D    dp0   --------------------------------------   LOOP SET Choice  SET  P Choice  Do you want to modify HOSTS file    Y N    IF NOT   Choice       SET Choice  Choice  0 1   ECHO  IF  I   Choice     Y  GOTO ACCEPTED IF  I   Choice     N  GOTO REJECTED ECHO Please type Y  for Yes  or N  for No  to proceed  ECHO  GOTO Loop    REJECTED ECHO Your HOSTS file was left unchanged gt  gt  systemroot  Temp hostFileUpdate log ECHO Finished  GOTO END    ACCEPTED setlocal enabledelayedexpansion   Create your list of host domains set LIST  diqc oca wiki oca    Set the ip of the domains you set in the list above set diqc oca 192 168 111 6 set wiki oca 192 168 111 4    deletes the parentheses from LIST set  list  LIST  1 -1    ECHO  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts  gt  tmp txt for    G in    list   do       set   name   G     set   value    G      SET NEWLINE   amp  echo      ECHO Carrying out requested modifications to your HOSTS file       strip out this specific line and store in tmp file     type  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts   findstr  v   name   gt  tmp txt       re-add the line to it     ECHO  NEWLINE    value    name  gt  gt tmp txt       overwrite host file     copy  b v y tmp txt  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts     del tmp txt   ipconfig  flushdns ECHO  ECHO  ECHO Finished  you may close this window now  ECHO You should now open Chrome and go to  chrome   net-internals  dns   without quotes  ECHO     then click the  clear host cache  button GOTO END   END ECHO  ping -n 11 192 0 2 2  gt  nul EXIT

User · Answer

Well I write a script which works very well    gt   echo off TITLE Modifying your HOSTS file COLOR F0 ECHO   gt    gt   LOOP SET Choice  SET  P Choice  Do you want to modify HOSTS file    gt   Y N    gt    gt  IF NOT   Choice       SET Choice  Choice  0 1   gt    gt  ECHO  IF  I   Choice     Y  GOTO ACCEPTED IF  I   Choice     N  GOTO  gt  REJECTED ECHO Please type Y  for Yes  or N  for No  to proceed  ECHO   gt  GOTO Loop  gt    gt    gt   REJECTED ECHO Your HOSTS file was left  gt  unchanged gt  gt  systemroot  Temp hostFileUpdate log ECHO Finished  GOTO  gt  END  gt    gt    gt   ACCEPTED SET NEWLINE   amp  echo  ECHO Carrying out requested  gt  modifications to your HOSTS file FIND  C  I  www youtube com   gt   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO  gt   NEWLINE  gt  gt  WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0  gt  ECHO 127 0 0 1    www youtube com gt  gt  WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts  gt  FIND  C  I  youtube com   WINDIR  system32 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system32 drivers etc hosts FIND  C  I  gt   www dolopo net   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL   gt  NEQ 0 ECHO  NEWLINE  gt  gt  WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  gt   ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO 127 0 0 1     gt  www dolopo net gt  gt  WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts ECHO Finished GOTO  gt  END  gt    gt    gt   END ECHO  ping -n 11 127 0 0 1  gt  nul EXIT

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I would do it this way  so you won t end up with duplicate entries if the script is run multiple times    echo off  SET NEWLINE   amp  echo   FIND  C  I  ns1 intranet de   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO  NEWLINE  62 116 159 4 ns1 intranet de gt  gt  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts  FIND  C  I  ns2 intranet de   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO  NEWLINE  217 160 113 37 ns2 intranet de gt  gt  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts  FIND  C  I  ns3 intranet de   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO  NEWLINE  89 146 248 4 ns3 intranet de gt  gt  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts  FIND  C  I  ns4 intranet de   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO  NEWLINE  74 208 254 4 ns4 intranet de gt  gt  WINDIR  System32 drivers etc hosts

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Plain typo  hostspath vs hostpath      echo off   set  hostspath   windir  System32 drivers etc hosts   echo 62 116 159 4 ns1 intranet de  gt  gt    hostspath      echo 217 160 113 37 ns2 intranet de  gt  gt    hostpath     echo 89 146 248 4 ns3 intranet de  gt  gt    hostpath      echo 74 208 254 4 ns4 intranet de  gt  gt    hostpath       exit

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Sometime I have to work from home and connect to office through vpn. Internal domain names should be resolved to different IPs at home. There are several names that have to be changed between office and home. For example:

At office, a => 192.168.0.3, b => 192.168.0.52. 
At home, a => 10.6.1.7, b => 10.4.5.23.

My solution is to create two files: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts-home and C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts-office. Each of them contains set of name-to-IP mapping. From Administrator PowerShell, When I work at the office, execute

C:\WINDOWS\system32> cp .\drivers\etc\hosts-office .\drivers\etc\hosts

When I arrive at home, execute

C:\WINDOWS\system32> cp .\drivers\etc\hosts-home .\drivers\etc\hosts

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Create a new addHostEntry bat file with the following content in it    echo off TITLE Modifying your HOSTS file COLOR F0 ECHO    LOOP SET Choice  SET  P Choice  Do you want to modify HOSTS file    Y N    IF NOT   Choice       SET Choice  Choice  0 1   ECHO  IF  I   Choice     Y  GOTO ACCEPTED IF  I   Choice     N  GOTO REJECTED ECHO Please type Y  for Yes  or N  for No  to proceed  ECHO  GOTO Loop    REJECTED ECHO Your HOSTS file was left unchanged gt  gt  systemroot  Temp hostFileUpdate log ECHO Finished  GOTO END    ACCEPTED SET NEWLINE   amp  echo  ECHO Carrying out requested modifications to your HOSTS file FIND  C  I  mydomain com   WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO  NEWLINE  gt  gt  WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts IF  ERRORLEVEL  NEQ 0 ECHO 127 0 0 1    mydomain com gt  gt  WINDIR  system32 drivers etc hosts ECHO Finished GOTO END    END ECHO  ping -n 11 127 0 0 1  gt  nul EXIT   Hope this helps

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I am adding this answer in case someone else would like to store the host entry set in a txt file formatted like the normal host file. This looks for a TAB delimiter. This is based off of the answers from @Rashy and @that0n3guy. The differences can be noticed around the FOR command.

@echo off
TITLE Modifying your HOSTS file
ECHO.

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    set params = %*:"="
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
:--------------------------------------

:LOOP
SET Choice=
SET /P Choice="Do you want to modify HOSTS file ? (Y/N)"

IF NOT '%Choice%'=='' SET Choice=%Choice:~0,1%

ECHO.
IF /I '%Choice%'=='Y' GOTO ACCEPTED
IF /I '%Choice%'=='N' GOTO REJECTED
ECHO Please type Y (for Yes) or N (for No) to proceed!
ECHO.
GOTO Loop


:REJECTED
ECHO Your HOSTS file was left unchanged.
ECHO Finished.
GOTO END


:ACCEPTED
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
::Create your list of host domains
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=  " %%A in (%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\storedhosts.txt) do (
    SET _host=%%B
    SET _ip=%%A
    SET NEWLINE=^& echo.
    ECHO Adding !_ip!       !_host!
    REM REM ::strip out this specific line and store in tmp file
    type %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts | findstr /v !_host! > tmp.txt
    REM REM ::re-add the line to it
    ECHO %NEWLINE%^!_ip!        !_host! >> tmp.txt
    REM ::overwrite host file
    copy /b/v/y tmp.txt %WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
    del tmp.txt 
)

ipconfig /flushdns
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO Finished, you may close this window now.
GOTO END

:END
ECHO.
PAUSE
EXIT

Example "storedhosts.txt" (tab delimited)

127.0.0.1   mysite.com
168.1.64.2  yoursite.com
192.1.0.1   internalsite.com

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