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Cannot block certain sites using terminal

I've had no problem blocking sites using terminal but msnbc.com will not block. I did another test and tide.com will not block either. The other sites I have listed below are blocked and I did them all at the same time without pause.


Snap shot below. When MSNBC was not blocked I tried it several times in different formats. Any help would be appreciated.


GNU nano 2.0.6 File: /etc/hosts


##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

127.0.0.1 www.msnbc.com

127.0.0.1 www.huffingtonpost.com

127.0.0.1 www.cnn.com

127.0.0.1 www.foxnews.com

127.0.0.1 www.msnbc.com

127.0.0.1 www.msnbc.com

0.0.0.0 www.msnbc.com

0.0.0.0 msnbc.com

127.0.0.1 msnbc.com

127.0.0.1 www.tide.com

[ Read 23 lines ]

^G Get Help ^O WriteOut ^R Read File ^Y Prev Page ^K Cut Text ^C Cur Pos

^X Exit ^J Justify ^W Where Is ^V Next Page ^U UnCut Text^T To Spell

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 6, 2016 8:25 AM

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Cannot block certain sites using terminal

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