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Using the -a/--all flag will print all the available information about the kernel. $uname -a Linux hostname 3.13.0-88-generic #135-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 8 21:10:42 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux In this example, we see the kernel name, the hostname, the kernel release number, the kernel v...

We can use command uname with various options to get complete details of running kernel. uname -a Linux df1-ws-5084 4.4.0-64-generic #85-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 20 11:50:30 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux As per man page here few more options Usage: uname [OPTION]... Print certain system inf...