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[IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'')]

UNAME(1)                   OpenBSD Reference Manual                   UNAME(1)

NAME
     uname - print operating system name



SYNOPSIS
     uname [-amnpsrv]

DESCRIPTION
     The uname utility writes symbols representing one or more system charac-
     teristics to the standard output.

     The following options are available:

     -a      Behave as though all of the options -mnrsv were specified.

     -m      Print the machine hardware name.

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

     -p      Print the processor type in more detail.

     -s      Print the operating system name.

     -r      Print the operating system release.

     -v      Print the operating system version.

     If no options are specified, uname prints the operating system name as if
     the -s option had been specified.

SEE ALSO
     hostname(1),  machine(1),  uname(3)

STANDARDS
     The uname utility conforms to IEEE Std1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').


OpenBSD 2.6                    January 26, 1994                              1

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



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