uname


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 help and exit
--version output version information and exit

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting bugs

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

Copyright

Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License licence GPL. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See also

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.

uname 5.97 January 2007 UNAME(1)