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21.2 uname: Print system information

uname prints 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. Synopsis:

 
uname [option]...

If multiple options or -a are given, the selected information is printed in this order:

 
kernel-name nodename kernel-release kernel-version machine processor hardware-platform operating-system

The information may contain internal spaces, so such output cannot be parsed reliably. In the following example, release is `2.2.18ss.e820-bda652a #4 SMP Tue Jun 5 11:24:08 PDT 2001':

 
uname -a
=> Linux dum 2.2.18ss.e820-bda652a #4 SMP Tue Jun 5 11:24:08 PDT 2001 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

The program accepts the following options. Also see 2. Common options.

`-a'
`--all'
Print all of the below information.

`-i'
`--hardware-platform'
Print the hardware platform name (sometimes called the hardware implementation).

`-m'
`--machine'
Print the machine hardware name (sometimes called the hardware class).

`-n'
`--nodename'
Print the network node hostname.

`-p'
`--processor'
Print the processor type (sometimes called the instruction set architecture or ISA).

`-o'
`--operating-system'
Print the name of the operating system.

`-r'
`--kernel-release'
Print the kernel release.

`-s'
`--kernel-name'
Print the kernel name.

`-v'
`--kernel-version'
Print the kernel version.


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