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uname — Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it. Note: For additional

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Problem

How to use the uname command: Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it. Note: For additional information about the operating system, try the sw_vers command. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/uname.1.html>.

Solution

uname — Print details about the current machine and the operating system running on it. Note: For additional information about the operating system, try the sw_vers command. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/uname.1.html>.

Print kernel name:

uname

Print system architecture and processor information:

uname -mp

Print kernel name, kernel release, and kernel version:

uname -srv

Print system hostname:

uname -n

Print all available system information:

uname -a

Code Snippets

Print kernel name

uname

Print system architecture and processor information

uname -mp

Print kernel name, kernel release, and kernel version

uname -srv

Print system hostname

uname -n

Print all available system information

uname -a

Context

tldr-pages: osx/uname

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