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uname

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NAME

uname - Displays information about the operating system  

SYNOPSIS

uname [-amnrsv]

uname [-S system-name]

The uname command displays system information or sets the system name.
 

STANDARDS

Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

uname:  XPG4, XPG4-UNIX

Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
 

OPTIONS

Displays all information specified with the -m, -n, -r, -s, and -v options. Displays the type of hardware running the system. Displays the name of the node (this may be a name that the system is known by to a communications network). [Compaq]  Displays the processor type of the current host. Displays the release number of the operating system. Displays the name of the implementation of the operating system. (This option is on by default.) [Compaq]  Changes the name of the system to system_name. The system_name argument is restricted to SYS_NMLN characters. The value of SYS_NMLN is implementation specific and is defined in /usr/include/sys/utsname.h. Only users with appropriate privileges can use this option. Displays the operating system version.
 

OPERANDS

None
 

DESCRIPTION

The uname command writes system information to standard output. This command is used primarily to determine which system you are using. The options cause selected information returned by the uname() call to be displayed.
 

NOTES

When the -a option is used, output is displayed in the order:

<system> <node> <release> <version> <hardware>
When you request information by specifying the individual options, the appropriate information is displayed in the order indicated.
[Compaq]  If the -p option is used, processor information is appended to the output line. The output of uname may include embedded blank spaces, so you should use caution when passing the output to parsing algorithms.
 

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned: The requested information has been successfully written. An error occurred.
 

EXAMPLES

To display the complete system name and version banner, enter: uname -a


 

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The following environment variables affect the execution of uname: Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization variables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined. If set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables. Determines the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multibyte characters in arguments). Determines the locale for the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. Determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
 

FILES

System name information header file.
 

SEE ALSO

Functions:  uname(2)

Standards:  standards(5)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
STANDARDS
OPTIONS
OPERANDS
DESCRIPTION
NOTES
EXIT STATUS
EXAMPLES
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
FILES
SEE ALSO

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