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.\" @(#)uname.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/8/94
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd April 8, 1994
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.Dt UNAME 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm uname
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.Nd display information about the system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl amnprsv
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command writes the name of the operating system implementation to
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standard output.
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When options are specified, strings representing one or more system
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characteristics are written to standard output.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl a
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Behave as though the options
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.Fl m ,
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.Fl n ,
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.Fl r ,
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.Fl s ,
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and
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.Fl v
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were specified.
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.It Fl m
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Write the type of the current hardware platform to standard output.
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.It Fl n
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Write the name of the system to standard output.
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.It Fl p
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Writes out the same value as
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.Fl m .
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This option is provided for backward compatibility with SVR4.
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.It Fl r
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Write the current release level of the operating system
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to standard output.
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.It Fl s
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Write the name of the operating system implementation to standard output.
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.It Fl v
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Write the version level of this release of the operating system
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to standard output.
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.El
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fl a
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flag is specified, or multiple flags are specified, all
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output is written on a single line, separated by spaces.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sysctl 3 ,
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.Xr uname 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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command is expected to conform to the
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.St -p1003.2
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specification.
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