NAME 

hostid - print the numeric identifier for the current host

SYNOPSIS 

hostid

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 

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT 

Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO 

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 hostid

should give you access to the complete manual.