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uname (1g)

Name

uname - print system information

Synopsis

uname [OPTION]...

Description




User Commands                                            UNAME(1)



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
     Report uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
     GNU  coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General        help        using        GNU        software:



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User Commands                                            UNAME(1)



     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report  uname  translation  bugs  to <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2012 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  redis-
     tribute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     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.



NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open  source  community  website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.









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