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rename mac's by chassis-serialnumber.domain
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#!/bin/bash | |
#define variables | |
laptop="ML-" | |
workstation="MW-" | |
server="S-" | |
tld="your.fully.qualified.domain" | |
# grabbing mac serial number... | |
serial=$(ioreg -l |grep "IOPlaLormSerialNumber"|cut -d ""="" -f 2|sed -e s/[^[:alnum:]]//g) # and model name... | |
model=$(ioreg -l |grep "product-name" |cut -d ""="" -f 2|sed -e s/[^[:alnum:]]//g | sed s/[0-9]//g) # renaming based on model ie. prefix-computerserial.tld | |
case "$model" in | |
"MacBookPro" ) | |
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "$laptop$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "$laptop$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "${laptop}${serial}.${tld}" | |
echo "$model" | |
echo "$laptop$serial" | |
echo "${laptop}${serial}.${tld}" | |
;; | |
"MacBookAir" ) | |
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "$laptop$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "$laptop$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "${laptop}${serial}.${tld}" | |
echo "$model" | |
echo "$laptop$serial" | |
echo "${laptop}${serial}.${tld}" | |
;; | |
"MacPro" ) | |
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "workstation$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "workstation$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "${workstation}${serial}.${tld}" echo “$model" | |
echo "workstation$serial" | |
echo "${workstation}${serial}.${tld}" | |
;; | |
"iMac" ) | |
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "workstation$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "workstation$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "${workstation}${serial}.${tld}" echo "$model" | |
echo “workstation$serial" | |
echo "${workstation}${serial}.${tld}" | |
;; | |
"Macmini" ) | |
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "$server$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "$server$serial" /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "${server}${serial}.${tld}" | |
echo "$model" | |
echo "$server$serial" | |
echo "${server}${serial}.${tld}" | |
;; | |
*) | |
echo "Computer model not found." | |
exit 0 | |
;; | |
esac |
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