uname

Examples (TL;DR)

• Print hardware-related information: machine and processor: uname -mp
• Print software-related information: operating system, release number, and version: uname -srv
• Print the nodename (hostname) of the system: uname -n
• Print all available system information (hardware, software, nodename): uname -a

tldr.sh

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 © 2019 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'

Referenced By

arch(1), libinput-record(1), lsof(1), modulefile-c(4), openrc-run(8), procenv(1), shtool-platform(1), squeak(1), systemd.unit(5), uname(2).