This line used to work
sudo -b "/Applications/Textedit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit" /etc/hosts
But on Yosemite, it does not work anymore.
MacOS – How to edit hosts with TextEdit on Yosemite
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There is software that can track this folder and augment the standard behavior that you are seeing.
I find Default Folder to be the best of class, and you can try it for free and then decide if it's worth paying once you've had a chance to kick the tires a bit.
You probably have the Recent items setting in System Preferences > General set to None:
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Best Answer
Yes I just tried your command and it exists with error code 132 (I don't know why).
You can still use this to open your hosts file
sudo open -t /etc/hosts. It will open the TextEdit app, if you want to run it in the background you can add your-bin the command line. Or you can use other text editors like vim and nano they're both working perfectly with Yosemite.