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NAME
       uname - print system information

SYNOPSIS
       uname [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       Print certain system information.  With no OPTION, same as -s.

       -a, --all
	      print all information, in the following order:

       -s, --kernel-name
	      print the kernel name

       -n, --nodename
	      print the network node hostname

       -r, --kernel-release
	      print the kernel release

       -v, --kernel-version
	      print the kernel version

       -m, --machine
	      print the machine hardware name

       -p, --processor
	      print the processor type

       -i, --hardware-platform
	      print the hardware platform

       -o, --operating-system
	      print the operating system

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free software; see the source for copying conditions.	There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation	 for uname is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and uname programs are properly installed  at  your	site,
       the command

	      info coreutils uname

       should give you access to the complete manual.



uname (coreutils) 5.2.1		 August 2006			     UNAME(1)


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