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hostname – set or print name of current host system

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SYNOPSIS


hostname [-f] [-s | -d] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION

The hostname utility prints the name of the current host. The super-user can set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the initialization script /etc/rc.d/hostname, normally run at boot time. This script uses the hostname variable in /etc/rc.conf.

Options:
-f
  Include domain information in the printed name. This is the default behavior.
-s
  Trim off any domain information from the printed name.
-d
  Only print domain information.

EXAMPLES

Set the host name of the machine and check the result: 
$ hostname beastie.localdomain.org
$ hostname
beastie.localdomain.org

Do not show domain information: 

$ hostname -s
beastie

Show only domain information: 

$ hostname -d
localdomain.org

SEE ALSO

gethostname(3), rc.conf(5)

HISTORY

The hostname command appeared in BSD 4.2 .
HOSTNAME (1) October 5, 2020
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