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uname

UNAME(1)							   User Commands							  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 (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

       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report uname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2017 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)

       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uname>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uname invocation'

GNU coreutils 8.28						   January 2018 							  UNAME(1)

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