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(sh-utils.info)uname invocation

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`uname': Print system information
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   `uname' prints information about the machine and operating system it
is run on.  If no options are given, `uname' acts as if the `-s' option
were given. Synopsis:

     uname [OPTION]...

   If multiple options or `-a' are given, the selected information is
printed in this order:

     SYSNAME NODENAME RELEASE OSVERSION MACHINE

   The OSVERSION, at least, may well be multiple words.  For example:

     uname -a
     => Linux hayley 1.0.4 #3 Thu May 12 18:06:34 1994 i486

   The program accepts the following options.  Also see Note: Common
options.

`-a'
`--all'
     Print all of the below information.

`-m'
`--machine'
     Print the machine (hardware) type.

`-n'
`--nodename'
     Print the machine's network node hostname.

`-p'
`--processor'
     Print the machine's processor type

`-r'
`--release'
     Print the operating system release.

`-s'
`--sysname'
     Print the operating system name.

`-v'
     Print the operating system version.