hostname and hostname -f command shows different output

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Issue

  • hostname and hostname -f command shows different output as below,

    [root@localhost ~]# hostname
    example12
    [root@localhost ~]# hostname -f
    example.redhat.com
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • hostname

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