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Uname command: displays operating system information

The uname command is used to display information about the operating system, including version and platform.

Its parameters mainly include:

-A: All information is displayed.

-S: display the kernel name

-N: display the Host Name

-R: displays the kernel version of the current system.

-M: displays the host hardware name.

-P: display the processor type

-I: displays the hardware platform of the host.

-O: displays the name of the operating system used.

 

Let's take a look:

 

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-
Linux redhat.example.com 2.6.32-279. el6.i686 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:23:32 EDT 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-s
Linux

 

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-n
Redhat.example.com

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-r
2.6.32-279. el6.i686

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-m
I686

 

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-p
I686

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-I
I386

 

[Root @ redhat ~] # Uname-o
GNU/Linux

The following are extensions:

[Root @ redhat ~] # Getconf LONG_BIT // check that the current system is 32-bit
32

[Root @ redhat ~] # Cat/etc/issue // view the current system type
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)
Kernel \ r on an \ m

 

You can also view it using the following method:

[Root @ redhat ~] # Cat/etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)