Why is this error being given on Mac Mini Terminal? I'm trying to change my mac address on my mac mini

Question

| xargs sudo ifconfig en0 ether zsh: no matches found: ‘s/(..)/1:/g usage: rand [-base64 | -hex] [-out file] num -base64 Perform base64 encoding on output -hex Hexadecimal output -out file Write to the given file instead of standard output zsh: no such file or directory: s/.$//’ jndiptikundaikar@Dipti-Phone ~ %

Why this error occurring? I'm trying to change my MAC address on a Mac mini using the console (to bypass parental router controls on spectrum internet). Could u plz help me change it along with other tips to change my mac adress to sucesffully bypass the system? (I don't know much about coding)

| xargs sudo ifconfig en0 ether zsh: no matches found: ‘s/(..)/1:/g usage: rand [-base64 | -hex] [-out file] num -base64 Perform base64 encoding on output -hex Hexadecimal output -out file Write to the given file instead of standard output zsh: no such file or directory: s/.$//’ jndiptikundaikar@Dipti-Phone ~ %

after typing this code in openssl rand –hex6 | sed  ‘s/(..)/1:/g; s/.$//’  |  xargs  sudo  ifconfig  en0  ether

Answer 1

The error you're encountering is that the -hex6 part of what you're trying to run is not an available command. You have the option of -base64 or -hex.

Here's a more up to date and better tutorial: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/change-mac-address-on-mac/