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uname

uname [options]

Print the current Unix system name.

Options

-a

Report the information supplied by all the other options.

-i

The hardware platform name. (For example, i86pc; compare to i386 from -p.) Solaris only.

-m

The hardware name.

-n

The node name.

-p

The host's processor type.

-r

The operating system release.

-s

The system name. This is the default action when no options are provided.

-v

The operating system version.

-S name

Change the nodename to name. Privileged users only. Solaris only.

-X

Print expanded information as expected by SCO Unix systems. Solaris only.


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