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diff --git a/bin/udt-machine-name b/bin/udt-machine-name
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Set or show this machine's pretty hostname, PRETTY_HOSTNAME in
+# /etc/machine-info. hostnamectl is systemd's writer; Slackware has neither,
+# and the GRUB theme reads the name for its panel title.
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>
+# Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2 only.
+#
+#   udt-machine-name                  print the current name
+#   sudo udt-machine-name "My Box"    set it
+set -euo pipefail
+
+file="${UDT_MACHINE_INFO:-/etc/machine-info}"
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    [ -f "$file" ] && sed -n 's/^PRETTY_HOSTNAME=//p' "$file"
+    exit 0
+fi
+if [ $# -ne 1 ] || [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "usage: $(basename "$0") [NAME]" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+case "$1" in
+    *[[:cntrl:]]*) echo "name must not contain control characters" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+esac
+
+# Double-quoted, with only \ and " escaped: the escapes both systemd's reader
+# and the GRUB build's shlex understand the same way.
+value="$1"
+value="${value//\\/\\\\}"
+value="${value//\"/\\\"}"
+line="PRETTY_HOSTNAME=\"$value\""
+
+# Every other key in the file (ICON_NAME, CHASSIS, ...) is kept as it was.
+tmp="$(mktemp "$file.XXXXXX")"
+trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' EXIT
+{ [ -f "$file" ] && grep -v '^PRETTY_HOSTNAME=' "$file" || true; echo "$line"; } > "$tmp"
+chmod 644 "$tmp"
+mv "$tmp" "$file"
+trap - EXIT
+echo "$line"