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31.Dd October 5, 2020
32.Dt HOSTNAME 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm hostname
36.Nd set or print name of current host system
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl f
40.Op Fl s | d
41.Op Ar name-of-host
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility prints the name of the current host.
46The super-user can
47set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the
48initialization script
49.Pa /etc/rc.d/hostname ,
50normally run at boot
51time.
52This script uses the
53.Va hostname
54variable in
55.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
56.Pp
57Options:
58.Bl -tag -width flag
59.It Fl f
60Include domain information in the printed name.
61This is the default behavior.
62.It Fl s
63Trim off any domain information from the printed
64name.
65.It Fl d
66Only print domain information.
67.El
68.Sh EXAMPLES
69Set the host name of the machine and check the result:
70.Bd -literal -offset indent
71$ hostname beastie.localdomain.org
72$ hostname
73beastie.localdomain.org
74.Ed
75.Pp
76Do not show domain information:
77.Bd -literal -offset indent
78$ hostname -s
79beastie
80.Ed
81.Pp
82Show only domain information:
83.Bd -literal -offset indent
84$ hostname -d
85localdomain.org
86.Ed
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr gethostname 3 ,
89.Xr rc.conf 5
90.Sh HISTORY
91The
92.Nm
93command appeared in
94.Bx 4.2 .
95