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HOSTNAME(1)             NetBSD General Commands Manual             HOSTNAME(1)


NAME

     hostname -- set or print name of current host system


SYNOPSIS

     hostname [-s] [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:

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


SEE ALSO

     domainname(1), gethostname(3), sethostname(3)


HISTORY

     The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.

NetBSD 10.1                     April 28, 1995                     NetBSD 10.1