Linux hostname Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use hostname commmand in Linux. Hostname is used to display the system's DNS name, and to display or set its hostname or NIS domain name.

What is Linux hostname Command?  

In this tutorial we learn how to use hostname command in Linux. hostname command is hostname - concatenate files and print on the standard output

hostname Syntax  

       hostname [OPTION]... [FILE]...

hostname Examples  

hostname Command Manual / Help  

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of hostname command.

cat command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for hostname command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man cat

To open info page for hostname command we can use command below.

info cat

To open help page from hostname command we can run command below.

cat --help

Linux hostname Command Source Code  

You can find hostname command source code from the folowing repositories:

Related Linux Commands  

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary  

In this tutorial we learn how to use hostname in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.