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32.\"	@(#)uname.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/8/94
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34.Dd "April 8, 1994"
35.Dt UNAME 1
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm uname
39.Nd display information about the system
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm uname
42.Op Fl amnrsv
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm uname
46command writes the name of the operating system implementation to
47standard output.
48When options are specified, strings representing one or more system
49characteristics are written to standard output.
50.Pp
51The options are as follows:
52.Bl -tag -width Ds
53.It Fl a
54Behave as though the options
55.Fl m ,
56.Fl n ,
57.Fl r ,
58.Fl s ,
59and
60.Fl v
61were specified.
62.It Fl m
63Write the type of the current hardware platform to standard output.
64.It Fl n
65Write the name of the system to standard output.
66.It Fl r
67Write the current release level of the operating system
68to standard output.
69.It Fl s
70Write the name of the operating system implementation to standard output.
71.It Fl v
72Write the version level of this release of the operating system
73to standard output.
74.El
75.Pp
76If the
77.Fl a
78flag is specified, or multiple flags are specified, all
79output is written on a single line, separated by spaces.
80.Pp
81The
82.Nm uname
83utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr sysctl 8 ,
86.Xr sysctl 3 ,
87.Xr uname 3
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Nm uname
91command appeared in 4.4BSD.
92.Sh STANDARDS
93The
94.Nm uname
95command is expected to conform to the
96.St -p1003.2
97specification.
98