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This article shows you how to change the name of linux, the content is concise and easy to understand, it will definitely brighten your eyes. I hope you can get something through the detailed introduction of this article.

Methods: 1, use the "vim / etc/hostname" command to modify the host name; 2, use the "mv" command to rename the file, the syntax is "mv original file name new file name"; 3, use the "rename original file name new file name" command to rename the file.

The operating environment of this tutorial: linux7.3 system, Dell G3 computer.

How to change the name of linux

1. Modify the host name

Let's enter the command: hostname to view the current hostname: linuxprobe

We can modify the hostname by modifying the etc/hostname file and enter the command: vim / etc/hostname

You can see that the default content in the file is the current hostname: linuxprobe

We enter I or o or a to enter the text content editing state

Enter a new host name, press the ESC key to exit the text editing state, enter the ": wq" command, save and exit the file

When we enter the hostname command again to see the current hostname, we can see that the hostname has become the new hostname: redhat7

2. The mv command modifies the file name

The Linux mv (English spelling: move file) command is used to rename or move a file or directory to another location.

Mv source_file (file) dest_file (file)

Change the source file name source_file to the destination file name dest_file

3 、 rename

The rename command changes the file name in batches with string substitution. Today, I will use an example to specifically write about the problems I have encountered and the examples I have solved. I hope it will be helpful to you all.

The format is as follows:

Rename original string target string file (list)

Original string: the string that the file name needs to be replaced

Target string: replaces the original characters contained in the file name with the target string

File: specifies the list of files whose names you want to change.

For example:

Rename main1.c to main.c

Rename main1.c main.c main1.c what is Linux system Linux is a free to use and freely spread UNIX-like operating system, is a POSIX-based multi-user, multi-task, multi-threaded and multi-CPU operating system, using Linux can run major Unix tools, applications and network protocols.

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