It looks like you copied the whole command line and tried to run it again, which confuses linux really quickly.
Try just the following
sudo systemctl status --no-pager --full dnsmasq.service
I was able to find the noise I was looking for in the pihole log today. Odd as I am pretty sure it was not there last night. Anyway, I now have a script chipping away at nuking the lines the Pi-hole did not like in it. After that perhaps some sorting and uniqing and I will have a start.
Thank all of you for your help!
I have updated my whitelist(DNSlock-PiHole-whitelist/whitelist.list at master Ā· raghavdua1995/DNSlock-PiHole-whitelist Ā· GitHub), you can pull new changes in your fork. Also I update the list frequently so it would be better to update your fork weekly.
hi guys, you are doing a great job with these lists. thankyou a lot for your work!
may someone help me with getting it right? i added this _https://discourse.pi-hole.net/clicks/track?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmokingwheels.github.io%2FPi-hole%2Fallhosts&post_id=18126&topic_id=5184_
to pi holes adlist.list - i am quite sure, this is not the URL to be taken, which is the correct one?
at this time i do "only" have 3.024.916 domains on blocklist, how do i crack the 4M mark?
thanks for your help, it's very appreciated.
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How are you applying this entire list to your hole?
If that one goes to me, as said, I just copy/pasted that exact link into the adlist file and the count of blocked domains jumped from 1.2M to around 3M - but not to 4M. I am quite sure, using that link as it is is useless 
, somehow it collected the domains though 
And I would like to understand how to reach 4M blocked domains - or even 6M...
I was referring to your whitelist...
And I believe the number is like 4-5m where you will start to notice a slowdown in your network. I am right at 3.2 and if I am using a my main computer and my girlfriend is on the laptop and her phone we notice it starting to slow down a bit.
Here is the lists on github, I split some of the lists because of the upload file size limit.
This should take you over 4 M.
The yacysearchengine does block Google.
Both lists 350.7 mb alternate download.
https://ncloud.zaclys.com/index.php/s/2Tiwb43tGKQ3BSQ/download
Including Zerodotone lists.
I reduced all the data to 128.8 MB's by adding the lists together and sorting it for improved speed in download time. I also removed a few errors from the domains.
_**https://ncloud.zaclys.com/index.php/s/MPYSjLkb8cE8gPN/download**_
You can add this to /admin/settings.php?tab=blocklists
Here is a blocklist for Windows 10 updates, useful if hot spotting from a phone to conserve data.
https://ncloud.zaclys.com/index.php/s/zxTBEefigEMAiqd/download
URL is very temporary because if I update, it will change.
Thanks for this hint:+1: However, I installed Pi-Hole a couple of days ago and Steven Black's hosts file was one of the default lists added as https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts . So shouldn't this be changed?
Wow - a big list! I guess the risk of overblocking by using it is not negligible, is it?
Yeah, this should be left as is as Steven Black doesn't provide his lists via GitHub Pages 
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Hmm isn't this his list ?
https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
Youtube add blocker beta
Revision 1 9-8-2018
https://ncloud.zaclys.com/index.php/s/Ppec9FETgtXzo8L/download
If you could let me know a video url that has adds with this list. Thanks
Add (Wildcard) to blocklist
2mdn.net
gvt1.com
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I never had any luck with YouTube blocks. They either don't work or break YouTube.
@DJ-BrianC You are welcome to give this one a go.
It is impossible to block all ads on youtube by pihole because pihole is only DNS related, some ads are on the same servers.
I use "uBlock Origin" in aditional to the pihole, never see any ad on youtube.
yeah, the guys behind google/youtube are very smart !
But in this case, i don't want the thee and the coffee, i want the content where i look for, i don't care about the can 
I know, i spend many hours in that topic, but i am still a kind of a noob 