NAME

hostname − set or print the name of the current host system

SYNOPSIS

hostname [name]
hostname {−−help,−−version}

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of hostname.  With no arguments, hostname prints the name of the current host system.  With one argument, it sets the current host name to the specified string.  Usually, only a privileged user may set the host name. 

OPTIONS

−−help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

−−version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.