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A command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that prints out information about the machine and OS.

uname is a command on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that prints out information about the machine and OS.

This tag is used when asking for ways to get information about the machine.

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uname Syscall Missing Operating System String Present in uname -a Output

When I run uname -a on the command line, I get the following output: Linux raspberrypi 5.10.63-v7l+ #1459 SMP Wed Oct 6 16:41:57 BST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux This is achieved by the -a parameter which is equivalent to using these parameters (there…
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Why doesn't this micropython function work?

I have written a function in micropython that attempts to retrieve uname information and strip out stuff I don't want and then return a value: import os def get_uname(): my_uname = os.uname()[3] my_uname = my_uname.replace("(GNU…
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What's the difference between two kernel version shown by ‘uname -a’?

I am using debian 9.4, the kernel version shown by uname -a is different, what's the actual kernel version? What does '4.9.82-1+deb9u3' mean? Linux debian 4.9.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 (2018-03-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux apt-get source…
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Conditional docker settings for remote debugging depending on OS

How can the php.ini setting be set conditionally depending on local operating system? The .env file contains two variables: XDEBUG_ENABLE=true PHP_INI=./docker/runner/php.ini-development Docker-compose.yml looks like this: ... build: context: . …
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Is there a pythonic way to check whether OS is a 64bit Ubuntu?

Is there a pythonic way to check whether OS is a 64bit Ubuntu? Currently, I've been doing it as such: import os def check_is_linux(distro, architecture, err_msg): try: this_os = os.popen('lsb_release -d').read() this_arch =…
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Why am I getting an error when I use `uname` in my .bashrc?

In my .bashrc I have the following code if [`uname` == "Linux"]; then echo "It worked" else echo "It didn't work" fi But when I source my .bashrc I get the following results [Linux: command not found It didn't work Strangly, the [ is not…
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while loop to ssh only take first element

I look for getting uname -a on a list of VMs: $ ssh srv-13 uname -a Linux srv-13 4.19.0-6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2 (2019-08-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux $ $ ssh akd4 uname -a Linux akd4 4.19.0-22-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.260-1 (2022-09-29) x86_64…
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What's the meanning of the options of linux command `uname`?

From man uname: -a, --all print all information [...] -m, --machine print the machine hardware name -p, --processor print the processor type or "unknown" -i, --hardware-platform print the hardware…
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How to get all possible value of a certain linux command?

For example, now I want to write a bash script in which I check the name of the running hosting system. The first command I would think of is uname -s. But I want to target some platform that is not available on my machine right now (like Cygwin,…
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Why does php_uname show the name of the host machine?

If I run the following on my Ubuntu machine: $ uname -a Linux laptop 5.4.0-81-generic #91~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 23 13:36:29 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux and if I run $ docker run -i -t php:7.4-cli-alpine3.12 php -r…
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utsname/uname in C++

I am writing a program that uses the header and the name functions to display the operating systems name, version, etc. I have included the header and have called the function, however, I am getting fatal errors stating that the…
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How to change AIX machine number (uname -m)

On an AIX system the uname -m command "Displays the machine ID number of the hardware running the system." Where does uname get this information from ? I need to change it and I can't find any documentation on where the value comes from. This is…
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Python program running inside docker container relies upon 'uname -r'

I have a Python program that's designed to run only in certain distros of Linux (i.e. CentOS, Ubuntu, etc..). I'd like to get it running inside a CentOS7 container, but its failing because the following is returning '4.9.49-moby': import…
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rpm spec call uname -r

When I install my app, I would like to copy some files in /lib/modules/KERNEL_VERSION/extra. The problem of course is that KERNEL_VERSION is not fixed. I can find it by calling "uname -r", but how do I do this in a rpm spec file? Also, if there's a…
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How to compare variable to text in unix

I've tried many version of this but none of them work.I want to compare variable - here it'll be version of os, with some string. I want to check if it is bigger than indicated version. When I pass exact name it is just fine, but when I want to…
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