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Name

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 (non-portable)

-i, --hardware-platform print the hardware platform (non-portable)

-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

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uname> or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) uname invocation\(aq