HOSTNAME(1) BSD Reference Manual HOSTNAME(1)NAMEhostname - set or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIShostname [-s] [name-of-host]
DESCRIPTION
Hostname prints the name of the current host.
The super-user can set the hostname by supplying an argument. This is
usually done in the network initialization script /etc/netstart, run at
boot time.
The following options are available:
-s Trims off any domain information from the printed name.
SEE ALSOgethostname(3), sethostname(3)HISTORY
The hostname command appeared in 4.2BSD.
4.2 Berkeley Distribution April 28, 1995 1