UNAME

uname − print system information

uname [OPTION]...

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

Written by David MacKenzie.

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/>
Report uname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Copyright © 2010 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.

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.