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Linux / Unix main page About uname Print name of current system. Syntax uname [-a] [-i] [-m] [-n] [-p] [-r] [-s] [-v] [-X] [-S systemname]
| -a | Print basic information currently available from the system. |
| -i | Print the name of the hardware implementation (platform). |
| -m | Print the machine hardware name (class). Use of this option is discouraged; use uname -p instead. |
| -n | Print the nodename (the nodename is the name by which the system is known to a communications network). |
| -p | Print the current host's ISA or processor type. |
| -r | Print the operating system release level. |
| -s | Print the name of the operating system. This is the default. |
| -v | Print the operating system version. |
| -X | Print expanded system information, one information
element per line, as expected by SCO Unix. The
displayed information includes:
- system name, node, release, version, machine, and number of CPUs.
- BusType, Serial, and Users (set to "unknown" in Solaris)
- OEM# and Origin# (set to 0 and 1, respectively)
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| -S systemname | The nodename may be changed by specifying a system name argument. The system name argument is restricted to SYS_NMLN characters. SYS_NMLN is an implementation specific value defined in <sys/utsname.h>. Only the super-user is allowed
this capability. |
Examples uname -arv List the basic system information, OS release, and OS version as shown below. SunOS hope 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-10 uname -p Display the Linux platform. Related commands arch
isalist
sysinfo | |
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