Name

hostname - set or print name of current host system

Synopsis

hostname [-s] [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.

Options:

-s

Trim off any domain information from the printed name.

See Also

gethostname(3)

History

The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.

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