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32.Dd November 10, 2016
33.Dt HOSTNAME 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm hostname
37.Nd set or print name of current host system
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl f
41.Op Fl s | d
42.Op Ar name-of-host
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility prints the name of the current host.
47The super-user can
48set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
49initialization script
50.Pa /etc/rc.d/hostname ,
51normally run at boot
52time.
53This script uses the
54.Va hostname
55variable in
56.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
57.Pp
58Options:
59.Bl -tag -width flag
60.It Fl f
61Include domain information in the printed name.
62This is the default behavior.
63.It Fl s
64Trim off any domain information from the printed
65name.
66.It Fl d
67Only print domain information.
68.El
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr gethostname 3 ,
71.Xr rc.conf 5
72.Sh HISTORY
73The
74.Nm
75command appeared in
76.Bx 4.2 .
77