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 supplying an argument. To keep the host-
name 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
