boxinit.sh

Quickly add a new entry in your /etc/hosts. I got tired of doing:

echo "10.10.0.1 box.htb >> /etc/hosts" or sudo nano /etc/hosts ↓↓↓↓ ctrl+maj+v ctrl+o enter ctrl+x

so I turned it like:

sudo ./boxinit.sh 10.10.0.1 box.htb

It will append a new line to your /etc/hosts, revolutionnary, isn't it?

Install

Copy boxinit.sh wherever you store you tools, and make it system-wide accessible by creating a symbolic link to it (set absolute path for the source!) :

wget https://github.com/narekkay/boxinit.sh/releases/download/release-1/boxinit.sh
chmod +x boxinit.sh
sudo ln -s /home/user/toolz/boxinit.sh /usr/bin/boxinit.sh

Usage

sudo boxinit.sh <ip> <domain>

Exemple

sudo boxinit.sh 10.10.14.17 box.htb

Demo

Commands

wget https://github.com/narekkay/boxinit.sh/releases/download/release-1/boxinit.sh
chmod +x boxinit.sh
sudo ln -s /home/user/toolz/boxinit.sh/boxinit.sh /usr/bin/boxinit.sh
sudo boxinit.sh 10.10.14.17 box.htb

Note

Only works on UNIX systems. Not on Windows. Steps for Windows :

• Copy C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts in a writable folder (Desktop for example)
• Add your entry in this file
• Move it again to its original location and overwriting the current one (needs admin rights)
• Done