NAME¶

hostname - Display or set the system's host name.

SYNOPSIS¶

hostname [-d|--domain] [-i|--ip-address] [-f|--fqdn] [-s|--short] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [host]

DESCRIPTION¶

Display or set the system's host name.

OPTIONS¶

-d, --domain

Display the name of the DNS domain if possible

-i, --ip-address

Display the network address(es) of the host

-f, --fqdn

Display the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) (default)

-s, --short

Display the short hostname (the portion before the first dot) if possible

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

[host]

VERSION¶

v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0

EXAMPLES¶

Show current host name:

hostname

Show the network address of the host name:

hostname [-i|--ip-address]

Show the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name):

hostname [-f|--fqdn]

Set current host name:

hostname new_hostname

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.