---
name: "syd-uts"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "syd"
version: "3.59.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/syd-uts"
---

# syd-uts(1)

Print name and information about the current kernel in JSON format

## NAME

**syd-uts** - Print name and information about the current kernel in JSON format

## SYNOPSIS

**syd-uts** *\[-hdmnrsv\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**syd-uts** utility prints name and information about the current kernel. The information is printed in line-oriented **JSON** format and may be further mangled with tools such as [*jq*(1)](/jq/1.md). Source of information is the [*uname*(2)](/uname/2.md) system call. The options **-d**, **-m**, **-n**, **-r**, **-s**, and **-v** may be used to print individual items of the **utsname** structure verbatim. If many options are given at a time the items are printed as a dot-separated list on a single line.

## OPTIONS

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **-h** | Display help. |
| **-s** | Print name of the operating system implementation. |
| **-n** | Print network name of this machine. |
| **-r** | Print release level of the operating system. |
| **-v** | Print version level of the operating system. |
| **-m** | Print machine hardware platform. |
| **-d** | Print NIS or YP domain name of this machine. |

## SEE ALSO

[*syd*(1)](/syd/1.md), [*syd*(2)](/syd/2.md), [*syd*(5)](/syd/5.md), [*uname*(2)](/uname/2.md), [*jq*(1)](/jq/1.md)

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  **syd** homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/

## AUTHORS

Maintained by Ali Polatel. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and on Radicle at rad:z38HCnbmcDegA2BMxuPaPRPMdp6wF. Bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. Discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix.