# shortcut to group dns hostname

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/shortcut-to-group-dns-hostname/12293>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 5, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shortcut-to-group-dns-hostname/12293 "2013-02-05T00:47:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thanhd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@Thanhd](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thanhd)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/shortcut-to-group-dns-hostname/12293/1 "2013-02-05T00:47:18Z")

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Thank you for the suggestions, I was hopping to be lazy (and maybe keep the host file cleaner). I would imagine there would be a few other with similar host naming patterns. Would be good to have this feature, if you can come up with a good way to do this.