Local Subdomain testing

local-subdomain

From 'http://matthewhutchinson.net/2011/1/10/configuring-subdomains-in-development-with-lvhme' for testing subdomains

#!/bin/bash

SUBDOMAIN=$1
TLD=$2

if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
  echo "which subdomain?"
  read SUBDOMAIN
  if [ -n "$SUBDOMAIN" ]
  then
    SUBDOMAIN="$SUBDOMAIN."
  fi
fi

if [ $# -lt 2 ]
then
  echo "which tld?"
  read TLD
fi

echo "127.0.0.1 $SUBDOMAIN$TLD" >> /etc/hosts
echo "OK, added 127.0.0.1 $SUBDOMAIN$TLD to /etc/hosts"
Save this script as executable somewhere in your PATH, call it something like addhost then run it from anywhere like so;

> addhost # will prompt for subdomain, tld (leave blank for no subdomain)
> addhost www test.com