UNAME(1)

NAME
uname - print system information

SYNOPSIS
uname [-smnvra] [--operating-system] [--hardware] [--nodename] [--version] [--release] [--all] [--help]

DESCRIPTION
Uname displays information about the computer it's run on. Without arguments, uname tells you the operating system it's running on.

OPTIONS

-s , --operating-system
    Show the operating system name.

-m, --hardware
    Show information about the hardware that it's running on. Uname traditionally displays the cpu type.

-n , --nodename
    Show the machine name (like the hostname command does.)

-v  Show the operating system version.

-r , --release
    Show the operating system release. Under Linux, the operating system version and release are not what you might expect; the release is the common major.minor.patchlevel (e.g. 2.0.28) while the version is the build information.

-a , --all
    Shows all the above information, as if you did uname -smnvr

-v , --version
    Show the version number (and only the version number), then exit.

-h , --help
    Show a short help message, then exit.

AUTHOR
David Parsons ( orc@pell.chi.il.us )