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29.\" @(#)hostname.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
ddb4a88b 30.\" $FreeBSD: src/bin/hostname/hostname.1,v 1.21 2006/12/08 07:47:08 kientzle Exp $
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ddb4a88b 32.Dd December 7, 2006
44bd5ea7 33.Dt HOSTNAME 1
9bafe280 34.Os
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35.Sh NAME
36.Nm hostname
37.Nd set or print name of current host system
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
ddb4a88b 40.Op Fl fs
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41.Op Ar name-of-host
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
9bafe280 43The
44bd5ea7 44.Nm
9bafe280 45utility prints the name of the current host.
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46The super-user can
47set the hostname by supplying an argument.
48To keep the hostname between reboots, run
49.Sq scutil --set HostName Ar name-of-host .
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50.Pp
51Options:
52.Bl -tag -width flag
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53.It Fl f
54Include domain information in the printed name.
55This is the default behavior.
44bd5ea7 56.It Fl s
9bafe280 57Trim off any domain information from the printed
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58name.
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
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61.Xr gethostname 3 ,
62.Xr scutil 8
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63.Sh HISTORY
64The
65.Nm
9bafe280 66command appeared in
44bd5ea7 67.Bx 4.2 .