Finding your *nix operational system name

#shell

#command line

#linux

#unix

#uname

Want to identify your operational system name?

No problem, "uname" to the rescue:

uname

or, for more informations:

uname -a

here a complete list of options (from man page):

-a Behave as though all of the options -mnrsv were specified.

-m print the machine hardware name.

-n print the nodename (the nodename may be a name that the system is known by to a communications network).

-p print the machine processor architecture name.

-r print the operating system release.

-s print the operating system name.

-v print the operating system version.

Happy hacking!