UNAME(1)

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UNAME(1) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the User Contributed Perl Documentation glow-up of uname — the little command that prints out system identification information. It’s really just a front end for the system call uname(2), no cap. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

uname — print system information

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

uname [-snrvma]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

uname prints out system identification information. It’s really just a front end for the system call uname(2). That’s the whole vibe: system-call lore, but make it command line. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • -s — system
  • -n — network node name
  • -r — operating system release
  • -v — operating system version
  • -m — machine type
  • -a — All of the above.

Multiple arguments print all information requested, but always in the order "snrvma" — yes, that exact order, bestie. Not vibes order. 😌

lowkey important: it’s always "snrvma" order, so don’t expect it to rearrange itself just because you asked for -m first. 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jeffrey S. Haemer — the icon behind this page. Periodt. 💖

💀 BUGS 💀

There is no standard definition of what actually belongs in these fields. So like… what are acceptable values for, for example, "machine type"? Bestie, nobody knows, and that’s the bug-adjacent tea. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • uname(2) — go read the system-call lore if you’re curious, iykyk.

mwah 💋 — this page is from perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-02-15, and it’s the UNAME(1) manual page. slay and goodbye. 🎀

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