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uname - print system information

Synopsis

uname [OPTION]...

Description

Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.

-a, --all

print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown:

-s, --kernel-name

print the kernel name

-n, --nodename

print the network node hostname

-r, --kernel-release

print the kernel release

-v,--kernel-version

print the kernel version

-m, --machine

print the machine hardware name

-p, --processor

print the processor type or "unknown"

-i, --hardware-platform

print the hardware platform or "unknown"

-o, --operating-system

print the operating system

--help

display this helpand exit

--version

output version information and exit

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting Bugs

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

Copyright

Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html >
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

arch(1) , uname(2)

The full documentation for uname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and uname programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info uname

should give you access to the complete manual.

 

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