uname command in linux

uname command : This command provides information about system kernel name, version, release name, hostname, hardware architecture and other.

To know the information about kernel name

# uname

Linux

Or,

# uname -s

To know all information about system information

# uname -a

Linux server.linuxsolution.in 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 22 16:42:41 U                                                                                                                                                             TC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

To know the information about network hostname /node name  

# uname -n

server.linuxsolution.in

To know the information about linux kernel version

# uname -r

3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64

To know about machine hardware name

# uname -m

x86_64

Also similar to know about hardware platform name

# uname -i

x86_64

To know information about operating system name

# uname -o

GNU/Linux

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