UNAME(1)

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version 9.10 · 5 versions
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💅 UNAME(1) — literally just print system info, bestie

okay so this is uname(1), a User Commands classic, and it's honestly one of the most slept-on little icons in your whole toolbox. it tells you stuff about the system you're on. that's it. that's the vibe. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

uname — print system information 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

uname [OPTION]...

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So basically: print certain system information. and if you pass no OPTION at all? it's the same as -s. lowkey the default, no cap.

  • -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 — and heads up bestie, this one is non-portable 😭
  • -i, --hardware-platform — print the hardware platform — also non-portable, we don't make the rules 💀
  • -o, --operating-system — print the operating system 💜
  • --help — display this help and exit 🫶
  • --version — output version information and exit 🎀
not me stressing that -p and -i are flagged non-portable in the source material AND get omitted from -a when unknown. that's the whole note. carry on. 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by David MacKenzie. ty king 🫡

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/uname>

or available locally via: info '(coreutils) uname invocation'

Packaged by Ubuntu (9.10-1ubuntu2) Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

aaaand that's the whole page bestie 💖 this was GNU coreutils 9.10, from August 2026, filed under UNAME(1) — mwah, slay, go print some system info 🎀✨🦋

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