Cherry picking DNSMASQ host files

DNSMASQ host files can be specified using the following custom configuration:

addn-hosts=/etc/fusion/custom

Here is a script that can be run nightly via crontab to download some host files that can be cherry picked to block name resolution to certain categories of web sites:

#!/bin/bash
# startubl.sh A script to download host files for DNSMASQ
date > /var/log/updateblacklist/cl-`date +%d%H`.run
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/abuse.txt -o /etc/fusion/abuse
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/abuse
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/ads.txt -o /etc/fusion/ads
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/ads
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/ads-and-tracking-extended.txt -o /etc/fusion/ads_1
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/ads_1
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://v.firebog.net/hosts/AdguardDNS.txt -o /etc/fusion/ads_2
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/ads_2
sed -i 's/^/0.0.0.0\t/' /etc/fusion/ads_2
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://block.energized.pro/blu/formats/hosts.txt -o /etc/fusion/blu
sed -i '/^[ \t]*#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/blu
sed -i '/googleadservices/d' /etc/fusion/blu
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/crypto.txt -o /etc/fusion/crypto
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/crypto
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/dating-services-extended.txt -o /etc/fusion/dating
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/dating
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/drugs.txt -o /etc/fusion/drugs
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/drugs
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/facebook.txt -o /etc/fusion/facebook
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/facebook
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/facebook-extended.txt -o /etc/fusion/facebook_1
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/facebook_1
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/fraud.txt -o /etc/fusion/fraud
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/fraud
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/gambling.txt -o /etc/fusion/gambling
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/gambling
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/hate-and-junk-extended.txt -o /etc/fusion/junk
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/junk
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/malware.txt -o /etc/fusion/malware
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/malware
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/master/hosts.txt -o /etc/fusion/mining
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/mining
sed -i 's/^/0.0.0.0\t/' /etc/fusion/mining
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists/master/hostnames.txt -o /etc/fusion/notracking
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/notracking
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://dbl.oisd.nl/nsfw/ -o /etc/fusion/nsfw
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/nsfw
sed -i 's/^/0.0.0.0\t/' /etc/fusion/nsfw
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://dbl.oisd.nl/ -o /etc/fusion/oisd
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/oisd
sed -i 's/^/0.0.0.0\t/' /etc/fusion/oisd
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/phishing.txt -o /etc/fusion/phishing
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/phising
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/piracy.txt -o /etc/fusion/piracy
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/piracy
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://block.energized.pro/porn/formats/hosts -o /etc/fusion/porn
sed -i '/^[ \t]*#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/porn
sed -i '/googleadservices/d' /etc/fusion/porn
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/porn.txt -o /etc/fusion/porn_1
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/porn_1
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/ransomware.txt -o /etc/fusion/ransomware
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/ransomware
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/redirect.txt -o /etc/fusion/redirect
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/redirect
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/scam.txt -o /etc/fusion/scam
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/scam
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://block.energized.pro/spark/formats/hosts.txt -o /etc/fusion/spark
sed -i '/^[ \t]*#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/spark
sed -i '/googleadservices/d' /etc/fusion/spark
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts -o /etc/fusion/stevenblack | sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/stevenblack
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/tiktok.txt -o /etc/fusion/tiktok
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/tiktok
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/torrent.txt -o /etc/fusion/torrent
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/torrent
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/tracking.txt -o /etc/fusion/tracking
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/tracking
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://hosts.ubuntu101.co.za/hosts -o /etc/fusion/ultimate
sed -i '/^[ \t]*#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/ultimate
sed -i '/google\|dartsearch\|hubspot/d' /etc/fusion/ultimate
# sed -i '/dartsearch/d' /etc/fusion/ultimate
# sed -i '/hubspot/d' /etc/fusion/ultimate
/usr/bin/curl -vs https://blocklistproject.github.io/Lists/whatsapp.txt -o /etc/fusion/whatsapp
sed -i '/^ *#/d; /^ *$/d' /etc/fusion/whatsapp
# Restart DNSMASQ
kill $(cat /var/run/bonding/dnsmasq.pid)
date >> /var/log/updateblacklist/cl-`date +%d%H`.run

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