Regex Filters for Pi-hole

This is a custom regex.list file for use with Pi-hole v4+ (FTLDNS).

All commands will need to be entered via Terminal (PuTTY or your SSH client of choice) after logging in.

[OPTIONAL] Back up your existing regex list

sudo cp /etc/pihole/regex.list /etc/pihole/regex.list.bak

[OPTIONAL] Remove old Wildcard Suffixes

If you've installed this list prior to 11 August 2018, you will want to remove the old Wildcard Suffixes

sed -E -i '/(amazon-adsystem|kaffnet|startapp\(exchange)/d' /etc/pihole/regex.list

Installation Instructions

sudo bash
list="$(grep "^(\^|.*\$$" /etc/pihole/regex.list)"
list+="
$(wget -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/master/regex.list)"
LC_COLLATE=C sort -u <<< "$list" | grep -v "^#" | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' | sudo tee /etc/pihole/regex.list
killall -SIGHUP pihole-FTL
exit

Removal Instructions

sudo bash
grep "^(\^|.*\$$" /etc/pihole/regex.list | sudo tee "/etc/pihole/regex.list"
killall -SIGHUP pihole-FTL
exit

Testing the regex filter

See if you can access https://ad.pi-hole.net/

Then check the query log in the Pi-hole admin console for your blocked domain. It should show as Pi-holed (wildcard).