Linux hostname Command

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. hostname 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 hostname

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

info hostname

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

hostname --help

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.