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HOSTID(1)                                           User Commands                                           HOSTID(1)



NAME
       hostid - print the numeric identifier for the current host

SYNOPSIS
       hostid [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION
       Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host.

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>  Report  hostid  translation  bugs  to
       <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR
       Written by Jim Meyering.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2013  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       gethostid(3)

       The full documentation for hostid is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the  info  and  hostid  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'hostid invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.22                                  November 2016                                           HOSTID(1)