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UNAME(1)                         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:

       -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

       -i, --hardware-platform
              print the hardware platform

       -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 bugs to (bug-coreutils@gnu.org).

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright .© 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       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

       should give you access to the complete manual.



uname (coreutils) 5.2.1          October 2004                         UNAME(1)



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