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from: @(#)du.1 6.13 (Berkeley) 6/20/91
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.Dd November 9, 1998 .Dt UNAME 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm uname .Nd Print operating system name .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl amnprsv .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility writes symbols representing one or more system characteristics to the standard output.

p The following options are available: l -tag -width indent t Fl a Behave as though all of the options .Fl mnrsv were specified. t Fl m print the machine hardware name. t Fl n print the nodename (the nodename may be a name that the system is known by to a communications network). t Fl p print the machine processor architecture name. t Fl r print the operating system release. t Fl s print the operating system name. t Fl v print the operating system version. .El

p If no options are specified, .Nm prints the operating system name as if the .Fl s option had been specified. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr hostname 1 , .Xr machine 1 , .Xr uname 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm utility conforms to .St -p1003.2-92 . The .Fl p option is an extension to the standard.