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

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

SYNOPSIS
     hostname [-fs] [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.  To keep the hostname between reboots, run `scutil --set HostName name-of-host'.

     Options:

     -f    Include domain information in the printed name.  This is the default behavior.

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

SEE ALSO
     gethostname(3), scutil(8)

HISTORY
     The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.

BSD                                           December 7, 2006                                           BSD

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