Deleted hosts in terminal, what now? please help

[mladenz]

Hi guys,

Ive accidently deleted all my hosts in my terminal and now my MBP boots up slow.

Ive done the following:

- open terminal
- sudo -s
- enter password
- sudo pico etc/hosts

and i've deleted everything!

Now when i want to put it back i copy this:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1 localhost twoscomp.dev
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1 localhost

Then i press CTRL + X --> Y to save but then i get this:

File Name to Write: etc/hosts

And i dont know what to fill in! can anyone help me please!?

 

[Cromulent]

Why did you delete your host file in the first place?

 

[mladenz]

mistake...

 

[gnasher729]

If you can't create the file with pico, just create it with TextEdit, save it somewhere in your home directory, then use the mv command to move it to /etc/hosts .

 

[mladenz]

thanks for the reply,

Where can i find the 'mv command' and i cant seem to find the folder(hosts) where ill have to put it in.

Can you please explain it to me?

PS: when i fill in a name or simply press 'return' when the terminal asks me "File Name to Write: etc/hosts" then i get "bus error"