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Set which Google account is active in the current gcloud configuration

command

gcloud config set core/account ACCOUNT

also accepted

gcloud config set core/account

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — Config & Init category.

gcloudconfigsetcore/accountACCOUNT

More Config & Init commands

Initialize the gcloud CLI with a new configuration, project, and default settingsgcloud init
Set the active GCP project for all subsequent gcloud commandsgcloud config set project PROJECT_ID
Set the default Compute Engine region for the current configurationgcloud config set compute/region REGION
Set the default Compute Engine zone for the current configurationgcloud config set compute/zone ZONE
Display all properties in the active gcloud configurationgcloud config list
Create a new named gcloud configuration profilegcloud config configurations create CONFIG_NAME
Switch to a different named gcloud configuration profilegcloud config configurations activate CONFIG_NAME
List all available gcloud configuration profiles and show which is activegcloud config configurations list

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