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leveled/change hostname from command line on mac os x

Created December 29, 2016 23:15
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Change the local/network name on mac os x from the command line
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change hostname from command line on mac os x
$ sudo sysctl kern.hostname=localhost
$ sudo hostname -s localhost
$ sudo scutil --set HostName localhost
$ sudo scutil --set LocalHostName localhost
$ sudo scutil --set ComputerName localhost
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