UNAME(1)

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:

-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

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
Report uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report uname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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
arch(1), uname(2)

The full documentation for uname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and uname programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'uname invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.