[SOLVED] ubuntu \etc\hosts not showing in my ubuntu system

Issue

I modified my \etc\hosts file so my localhost points to a specific url subdomain.mydomain.com. When i went to the file using sudo nano \etc\hosts instead of me seeing content of the file i modified I did not see anything inside the file, it was empty it looked like the file does not exist at all.

This happened after i restarted the computer.

Please what could be going on and how can i recover the file back.

I am skeptical of creating a new file

thanks

Solution

If you really are using the filename \etc\hosts then that's your problem. \etc\hosts with the backslashes is just etchosts. What you want is /etc/hosts.

Answered By - Andy Lester

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)