idevicename(1)

idevicename1

Display the device name or set it to name if specified.

Usage

idevicename [OPTIONS] [NAME]

Overview

Simple utility to manage the device name.

If called without any extra argument this tool will print the current device name.

If NAME is given the device name will be set to the name specified.

Options

-u, --udid UDID

target specific device by UDID.

-n, --network

connect to network device.

-d, --debug

enable communication debugging.

-h, --help

prints usage information

-v, --version

prints version information.

On the web

https://libimobiledevice.org

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11–Arch

--debug since Debian 9 (Stretch); --network since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -d since Debian 9 (Stretch); -n since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -v since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Nikias Bassen

From libimobiledevice 1.4.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.