<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>hostnamectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
+ <command>hostnamectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis
- type and icon name are stored in
+ type, and icon name are stored in
<filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
</refsect1>
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
- talk to a remote
+ talk to the remote
system.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><option>--pretty</option></term>
<listitem><para>If
- <command>set-hostname</command> is
- invoked and one or more of these
- options are passed, only the selected
- hostname(s) is/are
- updated.</para></listitem>
+ <command>status</command> is used (or
+ no explicit command is given) and one
+ of those fields is given,
+ <command>hostnamectl</command> will
+ print out just this selected
+ hostname.</para>
+
+ <para>If used with
+ <command>set-hostname</command>, only
+ the selected hostname(s) will be
+ updated. When more than one of those
+ options is used, all the specified
+ hostnames will be updated.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>