Shell Command of the Day: uname

Ever need to know your systems version of Linux? The uname command is your friend.

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:

-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

-i, --hardware-platform
print the hardware platform

-o, --operating-system
print the operating system

--help display this help and exit

--version