NAME
uname
- Print operating system name
SYNOPSIS
uname
[-amnprsv]
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.