Saturday, January 12, 2019

changing mac terminal command prompt

The mac terminal prompt is ComputerName: CurrentPath
You will only see the terminal prompt change after a restart.
To change ComputerName:

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Type the following command to change the primary hostname of your Mac:
    This is your fully qualified hostname, for example myMac.domain.com
    sudo scutil --set HostName
  3. Type the following command to change the Bonjour hostname of your Mac:
    This is the name usable on the local network, for example myMac.local.
    sudo scutil --set LocalHostName
  4. Optional: If you also want to change the computer name, type the following command:
    This is the user-friendly computer name you see in Finder, for example myMac.
    sudo scutil --set ComputerName
  5. Flush the DNS cache by typing:
    dscacheutil -flushcache
  6. Restart your Mac.


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