man uname

UNAME(1) User Commands UNAME(1)

NAME
uname – print system information

SYNOPSIS
uname [OPTION]…

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

-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

-i, –hardware-platform
print the hardware platform

-o, –operating-system

-o, –operating-system
print the operating system

–help display this help and exit

–version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY

To Get Redhat Version
cat /etc/redhat-release


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