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Description

This is a simple Powerful Python One-Liners. It prints the systems's hostname to the screen.

Code

from socket import gethostname; print gethostname()

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Well, sometimes. A lighter-weight variant with desirable properties is

import os; print os.uname()[1]

lwickjr: --which doesn`t seem to work on Windows. :(

snark: -- use import platform; print platform.uname()[1]

synthesis: -- use import platform; print platform.node()

Powerful Python One-Liners/Hostname (last edited 2009-03-07 22:21:04 by adsl-75-30-178-145)