uname - Man Page

• Print kernel name: uname
• Print all available system information: uname [-a|--all]
• Print system architecture and processor information: uname [-mp|--machine --processor]
• Print kernel name, kernel release, and kernel version: uname [-srv|--kernel-name --kernel-release --kernel-version]
• Print system hostname: uname [-n|--nodename]
• Print the current operating system name: uname [-o|--operating-system]
• Display help: uname --help

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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

-A,  --all-labeled

print all information, one labeled field per line, 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

Written by David MacKenzie.

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arch(1), uname(2)

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