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hostname: Print or set system name

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. You must have appropriate privileges to set the host name. Synopsis:

hostname [name]

The only options are `--help' and `--version'. See section Common options.


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