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

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

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

DESCRIPTION
     The hostname utility prints the name of the current host.  The super-user can set the hostname by sup-plying supplying
     plying an argument.

     Options:

     -s    Trim off any domain information from the printed name.

SEE ALSO
     gethostname(3)

HISTORY
     The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                             April 28, 1995                             BSD

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