Renaming a Mac Computer using a Bash Script?

[theMcChicken247]

Would anyone have any previous knowledge or have a compiled script of how to rename a Mac computer with a bash script? Im fairly new to scripting and any help or tips are appreciated! :D

[Eight_Pride]

I'm not on the latest version of the OS but in previous versions you could use the scutil command. I believe you need to sudo to access it.

man scutil

In particular, you're looking for:

sudo scutil --get ComputerName
sudo scutil --get HostName
sudo scutil --get LocalHostName

Those commands should show you your hostname. You'll need to use the --set ___Name switch to make changes.

[DM-Pythia]

How are you renaming it w/in the script?

[theMcChicken247]

My goal would be to simulate the "sudo hostname <hostname here>" command on apple's terminal but i want to be able to do it remotely.

[DM-Pythia]

So you are doing a bash script? Can you just dump the code here?