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 `--replace`, or `-r`: trigger replacing your active hosts
 
+`--skipstatichosts`, or `-s`: `false` (default) or `true`, omit the standard section, at the top containing lines like `127.0.0.1 localhost`.  This is useful for configuring proximate DNS services on the local network.
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 ## How do I control which sources are unified?
 
 Add one or more  *additional* sources, each in a subfolder of the `data/` folder, and specify its update url in