Internet-address official-host-name aliases
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. The maximum line length is 1022 characters. There is no way to continue an entry past the end of the line.
This file may be created from the official host data base maintained at the Network Information Control Center (NIC), though local changes may be required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases and/or unknown hosts.
Network addresses are specified in the conventional ``.'' (dot) notation. Host names may contain any alphanumeric character, but not field delimiters, newline, or comment characters.
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