uname it will pring the system information

Using uname linux command we can fetch Basic infomation about

linux OS,OS vertion,Kernal,Kernal verstion,Hostname

-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 or “unknown”
-i, –hardware-platform  print the hardware platform or “unknown”
-o, –operating-system   print the operating system
–help     display this help and exit
–version  output version information and exit

support@support-4 ~ $ uname
Linux
support@support-4 ~ $ uname -a
Linux support-4 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
support@support-4 ~ $ uname -o
GNU/Linux
support@support-4 ~ $ uname -n
support-4
support@support-4 ~ $ uname -v
#42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009

-p it will disbplay system processor

-m –machine print machine hardware name