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To modify a host's resolved address we can change /etc/hosts
I want to have that functionality when running a single script without actually modifying /etc/hosts
Something

$HOST=foo.bar:10.0.1.256 ping foo.bar

would be the same as having an entry in /etc/hosts 10.0.1.256 foo.bar
and $ ping foo.bar

Is this doable? Thanks in advance.

To modify a host's resolved address we can change /etc/hosts
I want to have that functionality when running a single script without actually modifying /etc/hosts
Something

$HOST=foo.bar:10.0.1.256 ping foo.bar

would be the same as having an entry in /etc/hosts 10.0.1.256 foo.bar
and $ ping foo.bar

Is this doable? Thanks in advance.

To modify a host's resolved address we can change /etc/hosts
I want to have that functionality when running a single script without actually modifying /etc/hosts
Something

$HOST=foo.bar:10.0.1.256 ping foo.bar

would be the same as having an entry in /etc/hosts 10.0.1.256 foo.bar
and $ ping foo.bar

Is this doable?

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host resolve setting for one command?

To modify a host's resolved address we can change /etc/hosts
I want to have that functionality when running a single script without actually modifying /etc/hosts
Something

$HOST=foo.bar:10.0.1.256 ping foo.bar

would be the same as having an entry in /etc/hosts 10.0.1.256 foo.bar
and $ ping foo.bar

Is this doable? Thanks in advance.