Deleted hosts file - how do I move or copy a file to the /etc folder?

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I pasted saiarcot895's code from here: Modify Hosts File

Now my /etc/hosts file us gone with nothing in the trash either.

How do I move or copy my custom hosts file from my desktop into the /etc folder?

I copy/paste blindly terminal input suggestions as my knowledge level is n00b.

Do you have a .etchosts file in your home directory ? In a terminal do ls -l .etchosts — Soren A, Jul 19 '17 at 10:41
maybe this can help https://askubuntu.com/questions/3883/how-to-recover-deleted-files — luv.preet, Jul 19 '17 at 11:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '17 at 11:12

The code use copy pasted has made a backup of your original /etc/hosts in your home folder by the name of .etchosts. You can remove the file /etc/hosts and then copy the backup in there with the correct name.

sudo rm /etc/hosts

sudo cp ~/.etchosts /etc/hosts

Deleted hosts file - how do I move or copy a file to the /etc folder?

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