hostnamectl

Get or set the hostname of the computer. More information: <https://manned.org/hostnamectl>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/hostnamectl.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install systemd
Ubuntu
apt-get install systemd
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S systemd
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install systemd
CentOS
yum install systemd
Fedora
dnf install systemd
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install systemd
Raspbian
apt-get install systemd
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/hostnamectl

Get or set the hostname of the computer. More information: <https://manned.org/hostnamectl>.

  • Get the hostname of the computer:
    hostnamectl
  • Set the hostname of the computer:
    sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "hostname"
  • Set a pretty hostname for the computer:
    sudo hostnamectl set-hostname --static "hostname.example.com" && sudo hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty "hostname"
  • Reset hostname to its default value:
    sudo hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty ""

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