HOSTNAME(1) | General Commands Manual | HOSTNAME(1) |
hostname
— set or
print name of current host system
hostname |
[-f ] [-s |
-d ] [name-of-host] |
The hostname
utility prints the name of
the current host. The super-user can set the hostname by supplying an
argument. To keep the hostname between reboots, run ‘scutil --set
HostName name-of-host’.
Options:
Set the host name of the machine and check the result:
$ hostname beastie.localdomain.org $ hostname beastie.localdomain.org
Do not show domain information:
$ hostname -s beastie
Show only domain information:
$ hostname -d localdomain.org
The hostname
command appeared in
4.2BSD.
October 5, 2020 | macOS 14.6 |