uname
get name and information about current kernel
TLDR
Print hardware-related information: machine and processor
Print software-related information: operating system, release number, and version
Print the nodename (hostname) of the system
Print all available system information (hardware, software, nodename)
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 (non-portable)
- -i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform (non-portable)
- -o, --operating-system
print the operating system
- --help
display this help and exit
- --version
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
arch(1), uname(2) Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uname> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uname invocation'
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.