UNAME(1)              (Essential Utilities)              UNAME(1)



  NAME
       uname - print name of current system

  SYNOPSIS
       uname [ -snrvma ]
       uname [ -S system name ]

  DESCRIPTION
       uname prints the name of the current system on standard
       output.  It is mainly useful to determine which system one
       is using.  The options cause selected information returned
       by uname(2) to be printed:

       -s   prints the system name (default).

       -n   prints the node name. (The node name is the name by
            which the system is known to a communications network.)

       -r   prints the operating system release.

       -v   prints the operating system version.

       -m   prints the machine hardware name.

       -a   prints all the above information.

       The system name and the node name may be changed by
       specifying a system-name argument to the -S option.  The
       system-name argument is restricted to 8 characters.  Only
       the super-user is allowed this capability.

  SEE ALSO
       uname(2) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.









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