NAME
uname —
Print operating system
name
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The
uname utility writes symbols representing one or more
system characteristics to the standard output.
The following options are available:
-
-
- -a
- Behave as though all of the options
-mnrsv were specified.
-
-
- -m
- print the machine hardware name.
-
-
- -n
- print the nodename (the nodename may be a name that the
system is known by to a communications network).
-
-
- -p
- print the machine processor architecture name.
-
-
- -r
- print the operating system release.
-
-
- -s
- print the operating system name.
-
-
- -v
- print the operating system version.
If no options are specified,
uname prints the operating system
name as if the
-s option had been specified.
SEE ALSO
hostname(1),
machine(1),
uname(3)
STANDARDS
The
uname utility conforms to
IEEE Std
1003.2-1992 (“POSIX.2”). The
-p option is
an extension to the standard.