Commands
arch
This command outputs the machine architecture. Output is along the lines of “i386”, “i486”, “i586”, “i686”, “alpha”, “sparc”, “arm”, “m68k”…
Example: This command has no options:
arch
hostname
[NAME]
If there are no arguments, hostname displays the name of the current host system. Otherwise, it sets the hostname as specified or displays the specified information.
Example: To set your system name to “odin”, use
hostname odin
| -a, --alias | Show alias name of the host. |
| -d, --domain | Display DNS domain name. |
| -F, --file filename | Read hostname from specified file, rather than /etc/hosts. |
| -f, --fqdn, --long | Display fully qualified domain name. |
| -h, --help | Display help message. |
| -i, --ip-address | Display host's IP address. |
| -s, --short | Display ... |
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