[chef] renaming a node?

[Michael Schueler < >]

Hi,

I have a bunch of nodes that are named after their EC2 instance id, like i-abc12345.  I'd like to rename these to something more useful.  I was somewhat successful by doing something like

% knife node show -Fj i-abc12345 > blah.json

% knife node delete i-abc12345

% <edit blah.json's name: field>

% knife node from file blah.json

but ultimately these steps didn't work that well.  I also ended up having to knife client delete..

Anyone know of a supported or easier way to change a node's name?

Thanks

Mike