uname

Usage: uname [OPTION]...

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

Options:

			-a	Print all information
			-m	Print the machine (hardware) type
			-n	Print the machine's network node hostname
			-r	Print the operating system release
			-s	Print the operating system name
			-p	Print the host processor type
			-v	Print the operating system version
		

Example:

			$ uname -a
			Linux debian 2.2.15pre13 #5 Tue Mar 14 16:03:50 MST 2000 i686 unknown