How to Set or Change Hostname in Linux – Linux Tips And Tricks

Learn how to set or change hostname in Linux.

Its a very trivial steps but need to reboot your Linux box once you are done.

Here are the commands.
sudo nano /etc/hostname
sudo nano /etc/hosts
sudo reboot

Here are the additional command which is not required as a steps to changing the hostname.
a) Find out Ubuntu version
lsb_release -a

b) Display current hostname
hostname

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