HOSTID(1)

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version 9.12 · 23 versions
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💖 HOSTID(1) — bestie, it's the User Commands manual 💖

okay so real talk, this is the hostid page from the User Commands section of the manual. it's short. it's sweet. it tells you who your computer is. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

hostid — print the numeric identifier for the current host

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

hostid [OPTION]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So what does it do? It prints the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal, bestie, not decimal, don't come for me) for the current host. That's it. That's the whole job. It's giving "I know my own ID number and I'm not afraid to say it" 💅

  • --help — display this help and exit 🫶 (your little safety net when you forget everything)
  • --version — output version information and exit 🌈
ngl there is no other options section here. these two are literally the whole menu. iconic minimalism, honestly.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Jim Meyering. yes, THE Jim Meyering. we stan a legend 🫡💜

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Found a bug? Don't suffer in silence, tell someone:

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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. read that again. NO. WARRANTY. it's giving "you break it, you bought it" but make it legal 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

  • gethostid(3) — the C library friend that does the actual work iykyk

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/hostid> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) hostid invocation'

okay that's the whole page, bestie!! this was GNU coreutils 9.12, dated September 2026. go forth and print your host's numeric identifier, you main character 💖✨🎀

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