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    HOSTID

    WillieBy WillieApril 14, 2026Updated:April 14, 2026No Comments1 Min Read
     

    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
     

    AUTHOR

    Written by Jim Meyering.  

    REPORTING BUGS

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

    COPYRIGHT

    Copyright © 2014 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 permitted by law.  

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