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UNAME(1) BSD Reference Manual UNAME(1) NAME uname - display information about the system SYNOPSIS uname [-amnrsv] DESCRIPTION The uname command writes the name of the operating system implementation to standard output. When options are specified, strings representing one or more system characteristics are written to standard output. The options are as follows: -a Behave as though the options -m, -n, -r, -s, and -v were speci- fied. -m Write the type of the current hardware platform to standard out- put. -n Write the name of the system to standard output. -r Write the current release level of the operating system to stan- dard output. -s Write the name of the operating system implementation to standard output. -v Write the version level of this release of the operating system to standard output. If the -a flag is specified, or multiple flags are specified, all output is written on a single line, separated by spaces. The uname utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. SEE ALSO sysctl(8), sysctl(3), uname(3) HISTORY The uname command appeared in 4.4BSD. STANDARDS The uname command is expected to conform to the IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') specification. 4.4BSD April 8, 1994 1
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