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 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 uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2009 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 coreutils 'uname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.

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