On Unix-like operating systems, the uname command prints information about the current system.
This page covers the GNU/Linux version of uname.
Description
Print certain system information. If no OPTION is specified, uname assumes the -s option.
- Description
- Syntax
- Examples
- Related commands
- Linux commands help
Syntax
uname [OPTION]…
Options
If -a (–all) is specified, the information is printed in the following order of individual options:
Examples
uname -a
Displays system information. Output resembles the following:
SunOS hope 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-10
Related commands
arch — Display the architecture of the system.isalist — Display the native instruction sets available on a Solaris system.modprobe — Add and remove modules from the Linux kernel.