1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1988, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)hostname.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 07/27/91 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt HOSTNAME 1 10.Os BSD 4.2 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm hostname 13.Nd set or print name of current host system 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Nm hostname 16.Op Fl s 17.Op Ar nameofhost 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19.Nm Hostname 20prints the name of the current host. The super-user can 21set the hostname by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the 22network initialization script 23.Pa /etc/netstart , 24normally run at boot 25time. 26.Pp 27Options: 28.Bl -tag -width flag 29.It Fl s 30Trims off any domain information from the printed 31name. 32.El 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr gethostname 2 35.Sh HISTORY 36The 37.Nm hostname 38command appeared in 39.Bx 4.2 . 40