https://github.com/mattmezza/bloc

🚫 block a website from the terminal
https://github.com/mattmezza/bloc

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🚫 block a website from the terminal

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mattmezza/bloc
• Owner: mattmezza
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-11-18T12:48:32.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-11-18T13:10:45.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-13T15:36:35.609Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 131 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license.md

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bloc

===

`bloc` is a macOS utility for quickly blocking a website without leaving the comfort of your terminal.

![](bloc.gif)

`bloc` edits the `/etc/hosts` file, so it needs `sudo` privileges to run.

Installation

===

Installing `bloc` is very easy: you just need to clone this very same repo at the latest release and then source the `bloc` file in your bash profile. Here's how I do it in my [dotfiles](https://github.com/mattmezza/dotfiles) (see plugins.sh and plugins.txt).

```bash

git clone git@github.com:mattmezza/bloc.git && cd $_

./bloc twitter.com

```

Usage

===

Some examples:

- block twitter for 20 min: `bloc twitter.com && sleep 1200 && bloc -u twitter.com`

- block work websites: `cat work.txt | xargs -n1 bloc` where `work.txt` contains a multi-line list of domains

- block socials: `cat social.txt | while read -r i;do bloc $i; done`

What follows is the output of `bloc`, accessible at any time.

```

Usage:

    bloc [OPT] ARGS

OPT:

    -u|--unblock

    -h|--help

    -v|--version

ARGS:

    sub.domain.tld (e.g. twitter.com, or www.facebook.com)

Examples:

    $ bloc twitter.com        # blocks twitter.com

    $ bloc -u twitter.com     # unblocks twitter.com

```

Development

===

Developing `bloc` is quite easy. Clone the repo and start editing the `bloc` file.