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HOSTNAME(1)               BSD General Commands Manual              HOSTNAME(1)

NAME
     hostname -- set or print name of current host system

SYNOPSIS
     hostname [-AadfIis] [name-of-host]

DESCRIPTION
     hostname prints the name of the current host.  The super-user can set the
     host name by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the network
     initialization script /etc/rc.d/network, normally run at boot time.

     Options:

     -A    Display the FQDN of each address on all interfaces.

     -a    Display alias name(s) of the host.

     -d    Display the DNS domain.

     -f    Display the FQDN for the hostname.

     -I    Display each IP address on all interfaces.

     -i    Display the IP address(es) for the hostname.

     -s    Display the short hostname.

NOTES
     With the exception of -I and -s, the other options will retrieve their
     results from the resolver.

SEE ALSO
     domainname(1), getaddrinfo(3), gethostbyname(3), gethostname(3),
     getifaddrs(3), getnameinfo(3), sethostname(3), hosts(5)

HISTORY
     The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                              July 19, 2013                             BSD

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