HOSTNAME(1) General Commands Manual HOSTNAME(1)
NAME
hostnameset or print name of current host system
SYNOPSIS
hostname
[-s] [name-of-host]
DESCRIPTION
hostname prints the name of the current host. The super-user can set the host name by supplying an argument; this is usually done in the network initialization script /etc/rc.d/network, normally run at boot time.
 
Options:
-s
Trims off any domain information from the printed name.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The hostname utility appeared in 4.2BSD.