uname
: Print system information
uname
prints 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. Synopsis:
uname [option]...
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
The program accepts the following options. Also see section Common options.
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