hostid - Man Page

• Display the numeric identifier for the current host in hexadecimal: hostid

tldr.sh

hostid [OPTION]

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

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Written by Jim Meyering.

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gethostid(3)

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