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

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 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)


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