uname command - Linux and Unix

-a	Print basic information currently available from the system.

-i	Print the name of the hardware implementation (platform).

-m	Print the machine hardware name (class). Use of this option is discouraged; use uname -p instead.

-n	Print the nodename (the nodename is the name by which the system is known to a communications network).

-p	Print the current host's ISA or processor type.

-r	Print the operating system release level.

-s	Print the name of the operating system. This is the default.

-v	Print the operating system version.

-X	Print expanded system information, one information

element per line, as expected by SCO Unix. The

displayed information includes:



    > system name, node, release, version, machine, and number of CPUs.

    > BusType, Serial, and Users (set to "unknown" in Solaris)

    > OEM# and Origin# (set to 0 and 1, respectively)



-S systemname	The nodename may be changed by specifying a system name argument. 

               The system name argument is restricted to SYS_NMLN characters. SYS_NMLN is an

               implementation specific value defined in . Only the super-user is 

               allowed this capability.