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HOSTNAME(1)		    General Commands Manual		   HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
       hostname	-- set or print	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  de-
	     fault 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	13.2			October	5, 2020			   HOSTNAME(1)

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