Print system information, print information about the machine and operating system it is run on. If no options are given, `uname' acts as if the `-s' option were given.
Syntax
uname [options]...
Options
-a
--all
Print all of the below information.
-m
--machine
Print the machine (hardware) type.
-n
--nodename
Print the machine's network node hostname.
-p
--processor
Print the machine's processor type
-r
--release
Print the operating system release.
-s
--sysname
Print the operating system name.
-v
Print the operating system version.
If multiple options or `-a' are given, the selected information
is printed in this order:
SYSNAME NODENAME RELEASE OSVERSION MACHINE
The OSVERSION, at least, may well be multiple words.
For example:
$uname -a
=> Linux hayley 1.0.4 #3 Thu May 12 18:06:34 1994 i486
Related:
env - Display, set, or remove
environment variables
groups - Print group names a user is in
hostname - Print or set system name
id - Print user and group id's
logname - Print current login name
ps - list processes
tty - Print filename of terminal on stdin
users - Print login names of users currently logged
in
who - Print who is currently logged in
whoami - Print the current user id and name (`id -un')
Equivalent Windows command: ECHO %USERNAME%
