pi-hole/manpages/pihole.8

.TH "Pi-hole" "8" "Pi-hole" "Pi-hole" "April 2020"
.SH "NAME"

Pi-hole : A black-hole for internet advertisements
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"

\fBpihole\fR (\fB-w\fR|\fB-b\fR|\fB--wild\fR|\fB--regex\fR) [options] domain(s)
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\fBpihole -a\fR \fB-p\fR password
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\fBpihole -a\fR (\fB-c|-f|-k\fR)
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\fBpihole -a -i\fR interface
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\fBpihole -a -l\fR privacylevel
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\fBpihole -c\fR [-j|-r|-e]
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\fBpihole\fR \fB-d\fR [-a]
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\fBpihole -f
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pihole -r
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\fBpihole\fR \fB-t\fR [arg]
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pihole -g\fR
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\fBpihole\fR -\fBq\fR [options]
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\fBpihole\fR \fB-l\fR (\fBon|off|off noflush\fR)
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\fBpihole -up \fR[--check-only]
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\fBpihole -v\fR [-p|-a|-f] [-c|-l|-hash]
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\fBpihole uninstall
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pihole status
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pihole restartdns\fR [options]
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\fBpihole\fR (\fBenable\fR|\fBdisable\fR [time])
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\fBpihole\fR \fBcheckout\fR repo [branch]
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\fBpihole\fR \fBhelp\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

Available commands and options:
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\fBallow, allowlist\fR [options] [<domain1> <domain2 ...>]
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    Adds or removes specified domain or domains to the Allowlist
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\fBdeny, denylist\fR [options] [<domain1> <domain2 ...>]
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    Adds or removes specified domain or domains to the denylist
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\fB--regex, regex\fR [options] [<regex1> <regex2 ...>]
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    Add or removes specified regex filter to the regex denylist
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\fB--allow-regex\fR [options] [<regex1> <regex2 ...>]
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    Add or removes specified regex filter to the regex allowlist
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\fB--wild, wildcard\fR [options] [<domain1> <domain2 ...>]
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    Add or removes specified domain to the wildcard denylist
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\fB--allow-wild\fR [options] [<domain1> <domain2 ...>]
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    Add or removes specified domain to the wildcard allowlist
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    (Allow-/denylist manipulation options):
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      not, -d, --delmode  Remove domain(s) from the list
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      -q, --quiet         Make output less verbose
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      -l, --list          Display all your listed domains
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\fB-d, debug\fR [-a]
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    Start a debugging session
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      -a                Enable automated debugging
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\fB-f, flush\fR
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    Flush the Pi-hole log
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\fB-r, reconfigure\fR
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    Reconfigure or Repair Pi-hole subsystems
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\fB-t, tail\fR [arg]
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    View the live output of the Pi-hole log
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      [arg]             Optional argument to filter the log for
                        (regular expressions are supported)
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\fB-a, admin\fR [options]
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    (Admin options):
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      -p, password      Set Web Interface password
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      -c, celsius       Set Celsius as preferred temperature unit
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      -f, fahrenheit    Set Fahrenheit as preferred temperature unit
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      -k, kelvin        Set Kelvin as preferred temperature unit
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      -i, interface     Specify dnsmasq's interface listening behavior
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      -l, privacylevel  <level> Set privacy level
                        (0 = lowest, 3 = highest)
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\fB-g, updateGravity\fR
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    Update the list of ad-serving domains
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\fB-q, query\fR [option]
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    Query the adlists for a specified domain
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    (Query options):
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      -adlist           Print the name of the block list URL
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      -exact            Search the block lists for exact domain matches
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      -all              Return all query matches within a block list
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\fB-h, --help, help\fR
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    Show a help dialog
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\fB-l, logging\fR [on|off|off noflush]
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    Specify whether the Pi-hole log should be used
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    (Logging options):
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      on                Enable the Pi-hole log at /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
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      off               Disable and flush the Pi-hole log at
                        /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
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      off noflush       Disable the Pi-hole log at /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
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\fB-up, updatePihole\fR [--check-only]
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    Update Pi-hole subsystems
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      --check-only      Exit script before update is performed.
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\fB-v, version\fR [repo] [options]
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    Show installed versions of Pi-hole, Web Interface &amp; FTL
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    (repo options):
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      -p, --pihole      Only retrieve info regarding Pi-hole repository
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      -a, --admin       Only retrieve info regarding web
                        repository
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      -f, --ftl         Only retrieve info regarding FTL repository
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    (version options):
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      -c, --current     Return the current version
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      -l, --latest      Return the latest version
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      --hash            Return the GitHub hash from your local
                        repositories
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\fBuninstall\fR
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    Uninstall Pi-hole from your system
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\fBstatus\fR
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    Display the running status of Pi-hole subsystems
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\fBenable\fR
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    Enable Pi-hole subsystems
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\fBdisable\fR [time]
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    Disable Pi-hole subsystems, optionally for a set duration
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    (time options):
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      #s                Disable Pi-hole functionality for # second(s)
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      #m                Disable Pi-hole functionality for # minute(s)
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\fBrestartdns\fR [options]
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    Full restart Pi-hole subsystems. Without any options (see below) a full restart causes config file parsing and history re-reading
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    (restart options):
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      reload            Updates the lists (incl. HOSTS files) and flushes DNS cache. Does not reparse config files
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      reload-lists      Updates the lists (excl. HOSTS files) WITHOUT flushing the DNS cache. Does not reparse config files
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\fBcheckout\fR [repo] [branch]
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    Switch Pi-hole subsystems to a different GitHub branch
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    (repo options):
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      core              Change the branch of Pi-hole's core subsystem
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      web               Change the branch of Admin Console subsystem
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      ftl               Change the branch of Pi-hole's FTL subsystem
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    (branch options):
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      master            Update subsystems to the latest stable release
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      dev               Update subsystems to the latest development
                        release
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      branchname        Update subsystems to the specified branchname
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.SH "EXAMPLE"

Some usage examples
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Allow-/denylist manipulation
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\fBpihole allow iloveads.example.com\fR
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    Allow "iloveads.example.com"
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\fBpihole deny not noads.example.com\fR
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    Removes "noads.example.com" from denylist
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\fBpihole --wild example.com\fR
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    Adds example.com as a wildcard - would block all subdomains of
    example.com, including example.com itself.
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\fBpihole --regex "ad.*\\.example\\.com$"\fR
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    Adds "ad.*\\.example\\.com$" to the regex blacklist.
    Would block all subdomains of example.com which start with "ad"
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Changing the Web Interface password
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\fBpihole -a -p ExamplePassword\fR
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    Change the password to "ExamplePassword"
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Updating lists from internet sources
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\fBpihole -g\fR
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    Update the list of ad-serving domains
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Displaying version information
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\fBpihole -v -a -c\fR
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    Display the current version of web
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Temporarily disabling Pi-hole
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\fBpihole disable 5m\fR
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    Disable Pi-hole functionality for five minutes
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Switching Pi-hole subsystem branches
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\fBpihole checkout master\fR
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    Switch to master branch
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\fBpihole checkout core dev\fR
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    Switch to core development branch
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\fBpihole arpflush\fR
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    Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables
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.SH "SEE ALSO"

\fBlighttpd\fR(8), \fBpihole-FTL\fR(8)
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.SH "COLOPHON"

Get sucked into the latest news and community activity by entering Pi-hole's orbit. Information about Pi-hole, and the latest version of the software can be found at https://pi-hole.net.
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