Home • Explore • Blog • CI
☰



man-pages
1st chunk of `uname.man`
a53bbfe7de6c444c6e5913f9b9503b62d9570bf241b7a8bc000000010000071e
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, 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

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2022 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'

GNU coreutils 9.1                 January 2024                         UNAME(1)
Title: uname - Print System Information
Summary
The `uname` command prints system information. It can display the kernel name, network node hostname, kernel release, kernel version, machine hardware name, processor type, hardware platform, and operating system. Options include printing all information, displaying help, and showing the version. The command is part of GNU coreutils and is authored by David MacKenzie.