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3758 RFE: Would like "hostname -s"
3430 Support "hostname --fqdn"

*** 4,22 **** NAME hostname - set or print name of current host system SYNOPSIS ! /usr/bin/hostname [name-of-host] DESCRIPTION The hostname command prints the name of the current host, as given before the login prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving an argument. SEE ALSO uname(1), attributes(5) ! September 14, 1992 HOSTNAME(1) --- 4,38 ---- NAME hostname - set or print name of current host system SYNOPSIS ! /usr/bin/hostname [-fls | name-of-host] DESCRIPTION The hostname command prints the name of the current host, as given before the login prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving an argument. + + OPTIONS + For compatibility long arguments are also supported. + + + -f, --fqdn print out the FQDN (fully qualified domain name). + + -l, --long alias for -f, --fqdn. + + -s, --short strip domain information from hostname. + + + The hostname command cannot be used to set the fqdn, long or short + name. + + SEE ALSO uname(1), attributes(5) ! May 11, 2016 HOSTNAME(1)