How do I change the name of my mac in the terminal app?

Question

The computer name is displayed as "unknown-" at the command prompt. How do I change this?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 24 '13 at 15:13

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This can be done through

sudo hostname new_name

If new_name contains single quotes, then it should be surrounded with double quotes.

edited Mar 24 '13 at 15:13

Sathyajith Bhat

answered Mar 24 '13 at 15:10

Rich Ashworth

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