NAME¶

hostid - print the numeric identifier for the current host

SYNOPSIS¶

hostid [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION¶

Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host.

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR¶

Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO¶

gethostid(3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/hostid>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) hostid invocation'

Packaged by Debian (9.10-1)
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.