Get to know the Linux hosts file and how to use it Your email has been sent If you're new to Linux, there's a very handy file you'll want to learn about right away. Jack Wallen introduces you to the ...

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In this step-by-step guide from Jack Wallen, learn how to access and modify the Linux hosts file to control the mapping of hostnames to IP addresses. At some point in your career as a developer, ...

The first entry isn't a URL, the second entry is invalid and the fact that you think it's doing what you're expecting is a side effect of the first entry. The hosts file doesn't know what a URL is.