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HOSTNAME(1) |
User Commands |
HOSTNAME(1) |
NAME
hostname - set or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/hostname [
-fs |
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, --long print out the fully qualified domain name.
-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)