Linux "uname" Command Line Options and Examples
get name and information about current kernel

Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.


Usage:

uname [OPTION]...




Command Line Options:

-a
print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown:
uname -a ...
-s
print the kernel name
uname -s ...
-n
print the network node hostname
uname -n ...
-r
print the kernel release
uname -r ...
-v
print the kernel version
uname -v ...
-m
print the machine hardware name
uname -m ...
-p
print the processor type (non-portable)
uname -p ...
-i
print the hardware platform (non-portable)
uname -i ...
-o
print the operating system
uname -o ...
--help
display this help and exit
uname --help ...
--version
output version information and exitAUTHORWritten by David MacKenzie.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report uname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 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 per‐mitted by law.
uname --version ...