GNU/Linux Detecting Linux distribution name and version Uname - Print information about the current system
Example
Uname is the short name for unix name. Just type uname in console to get information about your operating system.
uname [OPTION]
If no OPTION is specified, uname assumes the -s option.
-a or --all - Prints all information, omitting -p and -i if the information is unknown.
Example:
> uname -a
SunOS hope 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-10
All the options:
| -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, or "unknown". |
| -i, --hardware-platform | Print the hardware platform, or "unknown". |
| -o, --operating-system | Print the operating system. |
| --help | Display a help message, and exit. |
| --version | Display version information, and exit. |
