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e1a085ba 33.Dd November 9, 1998
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34.Dt UNAME 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm uname
38.Nd Print operating system name
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
e1a085ba 41.Op Fl amnprsv
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42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
45utility writes symbols representing one or more system characteristics
46to the standard output.
47.Pp
48The following options are available:
49.Bl -tag -width indent
e1a085ba 50.It Fl a
44bd5ea7 51Behave as though all of the options
e1a085ba 52.Fl mnrsv
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53were specified.
54.It Fl m
55print the machine hardware name.
56.It Fl n
57print the nodename (the nodename may be a name
58that the system is known by to a communications
59network).
60.It Fl p
e1a085ba 61print the machine processor architecture name.
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62.It Fl r
63print the operating system release.
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64.It Fl s
65print the operating system name.
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66.It Fl v
67print the operating system version.
68.El
69.Pp
e1a085ba 70If no options are specified,
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71.Nm
72prints the operating system name as if the
73.Fl s
74option had been specified.
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr hostname 1 ,
77.Xr machine 1 ,
f14763b6 78.Xr sw_vers 1 ,
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79.Xr uname 3
80.Sh STANDARDS
81The
82.Nm
83utility conforms to
84.St -p1003.2-92 .
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85The
86.Fl p
87option is an extension to the standard.