How to get the operating system's information in unix?
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Answer / sameer
uname -a
It will tell you all the OS runing on ur Unix machine.
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Answer / c sivakumar. kumarsiva46@yaho
We can get os release level alone by executing below said
command.
command = uname -r
Output = 5.9
and you can use 'uname -X'. It will display below details:-
System = SunOS
Node = charger2
Release = 5.9
KernelID = Generic_117171-07
Machine = sun4u
BusType = <unknown>
Serial = <unknown>
Users = <unknown>
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 4
But if you want complete details, please execute below said
command.
command = uname -a
Output = SunOS bigmummy2 5.9 Generic_117171-07 sun4u sparc
SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R.
Above said command output details are following below:-
operating system = SunOS
node name = bigmummy2
OS release level = 5.9
OS version = Generic_117171-07
Machine hardware name = sun4u
processor type = sparc
HardwareImplimentation = SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R
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Answer / vasavi
uname -X
here uname is unix name with the extension
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