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HOSTID(1) General Commands Manual HOSTID(1)

NAME

hostid - Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host

SYNOPSIS

hostid [-h|--help] [-V|--version]

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

Print help
Print version

VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.8.0

EXAMPLES

Display the numeric identifier for the current host in hexadecimal:

hostid

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.

2026-05-17