uname(1)

uname1

Print system information

Usage

uname [OPTION] ...

Overview

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

-A, --all-labeled

print all information, one labeled field per line, 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

Releases

19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.

  1. 1.1–1.2
  2. 1.3–2.1
  3. 2.2
  4. 3.0
  5. 3.1
  6. 4.0
  7. 5.0
  8. 6.0
  9. 7
  10. 8
  11. 9
  12. 10
  13. 11
  14. 12
  15. 13
  16. Arch

--all-labeled since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; --hardware-platform since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --kernel-name since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --kernel-release since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --kernel-version since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --operating-system since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --processor since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -A since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -i since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -o since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -p since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

--release until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --sysname until Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to: <[email protected]>.
Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

From coreutils 9.12-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.