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HOSTNAME(1) General Commands Manual HOSTNAME(1) NAME hostname -- set or print the name of current host system 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 4.2BSD. FreeBSD ports 15.1 October 5, 2020 HOSTNAME(1)
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