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nmtui — Text user interface for controlling NetworkManager. Use `<ArrowKeys>` to navigate, `<Enter>` to sele

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Problem

How to use the nmtui command: Text user interface for controlling NetworkManager. Use <ArrowKeys> to navigate, <Enter> to select an option. See also: nmcli. More information: <https://networkmanager.pages.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/nmtui.html>.

Solution

nmtui — Text user interface for controlling NetworkManager. Use <ArrowKeys> to navigate, <Enter> to select an option. See also: nmcli. More information: <https://networkmanager.pages.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/nmtui.html>.

Open the user interface:

nmtui

List available connections, with the option to activate or deactivate them:

nmtui connect

Connect to a given network:

nmtui connect {{name|uuid|device|SSID}}

Edit/Add/Delete a given network:

nmtui edit {{name|id}}

Set the system hostname:

nmtui hostname

Code Snippets

Open the user interface

nmtui

List available connections, with the option to activate or deactivate them

nmtui connect

Connect to a given network

nmtui connect {{name|uuid|device|SSID}}

Edit/Add/Delete a given network

nmtui edit {{name|id}}

Set the system hostname

nmtui hostname

Context

tldr-pages: linux/nmtui

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