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 permitted 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.