NAME
uname - print system information
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
- -A, --all-labeled
-
print all information, one labeled field per line, 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
Report bugs to: <[email protected]>.
Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 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
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uname>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uname invocation'