uname: Linux Commands HowTo
uname: Print system information
Print system information, print information about the machine
and operating system it is run on. If no options are given, `uname? acts as
if the `-s? option were given.
Syntax
uname [options]...
Options
-a
--all
Print all of the below information.
-m
--machine
Print the machine (hardware) type.
-n
--nodename
Print the machine?s network node hostname.
-p
--processor
Print the machine?s processor type
-r
--release
Print the operating system release.
-s
--sysname
Print the operating system name.
-v
Print the operating system version.
If multiple options or `-a? are given, the selected information
is printed in this order:
SYSNAME NODENAME RELEASE OSVERSION MACHINE
The OSVERSION, at least, may well be multiple words.
For example:
$uname -a
= Linux hayley 1.0.4 #3 Thu May 12 18:06:34 1994 i486
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