Some time ago I tried to change local host name via terminal command and now I'm stuck with this idiotic name "sudo scutil --set LocalHostName V8s" instead of just V8s, I must've typed it twice I guess… How do I make it right?
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Hm tried that but it says invalid argument
I think it has to do with escaping spaces, however I managed to change it to "V8".
I think you are correct. So use dashes
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "V8s-macbook-pro"
I did a Google search for "valid domain name characters" and came up with
... domain names in gTLDs can be registered using the 26 letters of the basic Latin script (A to Z), and can include the numbers 0-9. They can also include a hyphen “-”, although not as the first or last character of the domain name.
Try
sudo scutil --set LocalHostName "quoted string of what you want for a host name"
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