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pihole — Manage the Pi-hole ad-blocking DNS server. More information: <https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/pihole-c

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How to use the pihole command: Manage the Pi-hole ad-blocking DNS server. More information: <https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/pihole-command/>.

pihole — Manage the Pi-hole ad-blocking DNS server. More information: <https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/pihole-command/>.

Check Pi-hole's status:

pihole status

Update Pi-hole and Gravity:

sudo pihole {{[-up|updatePihole]}}

Start or stop the daemon:

pihole {{enable|disable}}

Update the lists and flush the cache without restarting the DNS server:

pihole reloaddns

Update the list of ad-serving domains:

pihole {{[-g|updateGravity]}}

Allow or deny the specified domain:

pihole {{allow|deny}} {{example.com}}

Search the lists for a domain:

pihole {{[-q|query]}} {{example.com}}

Open a real-time log of connections:

pihole {{[-t|tail]}}

Check Pi-hole's status

pihole status

Update Pi-hole and Gravity

sudo pihole {{[-up|updatePihole]}}

Start or stop the daemon

pihole {{enable|disable}}

Update the lists and flush the cache without restarting the DNS server

pihole reloaddns

Update the list of ad-serving domains

pihole {{[-g|updateGravity]}}

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