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3758 RFE: Would like "hostname -s"
3430 Support "hostname --fqdn"
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   6 .TH HOSTNAME 1 "Sep 14, 1992"
   7 .SH NAME
   8 hostname \- set or print name of current host system
   9 .SH SYNOPSIS
  10 .LP
  11 .nf
  12 \fB/usr/bin/hostname\fR [\fIname-of-host\fR]
  13 .fi
  14 
  15 .SH DESCRIPTION
  16 .sp
  17 .LP
  18 The \fBhostname\fR command prints the name of the current host, as given before
  19 the \fBlogin\fR prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving an
  20 argument.















  21 .SH SEE ALSO
  22 .sp
  23 .LP
  24 \fBuname\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)
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   7 .TH HOSTNAME 1 "May 11, 2016"
   8 .SH NAME
   9 hostname \- set or print name of current host system
  10 .SH SYNOPSIS
  11 .LP
  12 .nf
  13 \fB/usr/bin/hostname\fR [\fI-fls\fR | \fIname-of-host\fR]
  14 .fi
  15 
  16 .SH DESCRIPTION
  17 .sp
  18 .LP
  19 The \fBhostname\fR command prints the name of the current host, as given before
  20 the \fBlogin\fR prompt. The super-user can set the hostname by giving an
  21 argument.
  22 .sp
  23 .SH OPTIONS
  24 .sp
  25 For compatibility long arguments are also supported.
  26 .sp
  27 .LP
  28 \fB-f, --fqdn\fR print out the FQDN (fully qualified domain name).
  29 .sp
  30 \fB-l, --long\fR alias for \fB-f, --fqdn\fR.
  31 .sp
  32 \fB-s, --short\fR strip domain information from hostname.
  33 .sp
  34 .LP
  35 The \fBhostname\fR command cannot be used to set the fqdn, long or short name.
  36 .sp
  37 .SH SEE ALSO
  38 .sp
  39 .LP
  40 \fBuname\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)