[root@localhost ~]# man 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 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/>