---
name: "vuname"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vuos-cmds"
version: "0.9.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vuname"
---

# vuname(1)

print system/view information - set view name.

## NAME

**vuname** – print system/view information - set view name.

## SYNOPSIS

**vuname** \[*options* ...\]

or

**vuname** *newname*

## DESCRIPTION

Print certain system/view information. With no options, and no arguments, same as -s. With no options and exactly one argument: set the VUOS view name.

This tool extends [**uname**(1)](/uname/1.md). It should provide the same output of **uname** except when it runs as a VUOS process (or if **--x**/**--nouname** disables this feature). In VUOS the system information is extended with view information.

## OPTIONS

- **-a**, **--all**

  print all information, in the following order, 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 or “unknown”

- **-i**, **--hardware-platform**

  print the hardware platform or “unknown”

- **-o**, **--operating-system**

  print the operating system

- **-U**, **--serverid**

  print the VUOS server id (it is the process id of the hypervisor)

- **-V**, **--viewname**

  print the view name

- **-P**, **--prompt**

  return a suitable (shell) command prompt: the nodename (**-n**) if **vuname** runs outside VUOS else the view name (**-V**) if it has been defined otherwise the nodename followedby the server id enclosed in square brackets (something like *host\[42\]*).

- **-x**, **--nouname**

  do not use uname (without this flag the command behaves like uname when it runs on a non VUOS enabled environment).

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  quiet mode: error messages suppressed

- **--help**

  display a help message and exit

- **--version**

  output version information and exit