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// changing-hostname.adoc
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== Displaying your current hostname
For Fedora Workstation, using the default GNOME desktop, open the Settings application and choose About.
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image::displaying-current-hostname-1.png[GNOME Settings - About]
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To see the hostname from the command line, use the command `hostnamectl` with no options. The example output below shows the static and transient hostnames. Your output may be slightly different depending on which hostname types have been set.
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Static hostname: localhost.localdomain
Transient hostname: fedora
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Icon name: computer-laptop
Chassis: laptop
Machine ID: 15fc9e69d007013025f31bc5272c4ed1
Boot ID: 41ac938872bae052294bcb277241ac93
Operating System: Fedora 33 (Workstation Edition)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33
Kernel: Linux 5.10.10-200.fc33.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
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To see the current static, transient or pretty hostname, you can use the `hostnamectl` command with options, such as:
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hostnamectl --static
hostnamectl --transient
hostnamectl --pretty
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