nmtui

Open the user interface

$ nmtui

Show a list of 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

' nmtui-edit | nmtui edit 'u nmtui-edit | nmtui edit { name | id } ' nmtui-connect | nmtui connect 'u nmtui-connect | nmtui connect { name | uuid | device | SSID } ' nmtui-hostname | nmtui hostname 'u nmtui-hostname | nmtui hostname

nmtui is a curses TUI application for interacting with NetworkManager . When starting nmtui ,the user is prompted to choose the activity to perform unless it was specified as the first argument .

The supported activities are:

edit Show a connection editor that supports adding, modifying, viewing and deleting connections . It provides similar functionality as nm-connection -editor .

connect Show a list of available connections, with the option to activate or deactivate them . It provides similar functionality as nm-applet .

hostname Set the system hostname .

Corresponding to above activities, nmtui also comes with binaries named nmtui-edit , nmtui-connect ,and nmtui-hostname to skip the selection of the activities .

nmcli(1), nm-applet(1), nm-connection-editor(1), NetworkManager(8).