How to add non-latin entries in hosts file

Question

Is there a way to add non-latin entries in /etc/hosts on windows?

Something like

127.0.0.1   локалхост

Tried the code above and also punycode with no luck

Yes, i know that this would break almost any app and wouldn't pass any validation. I only need to pull this off for a single machine.

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '16 at 21:02

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Scratch that, punycodes actually do work. This code

127.0.0.1 xn--80atccmdviy

works as expected, it's just that ping for some reason won't find host, probably due to cmd working in CP-1251 instead of UTF-8.

answered Oct 23 '16 at 21:02

Drath Vedro

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 23 '16 at 20:58

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To my knowledge there is no way to use Unicode characters in the windows hosts file

answered Oct 23 '16 at 20:58

This is correct. Most subsystems have never seen any meaningful upgrades after they were introduced, especially the system ones. – John Keates Oct 24 '16 at 01:56

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