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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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Verify the version of ubuntu running in a Docker container

I have Docker Toolbox installed on windows 8.1 and I am creating an image based on ubuntu:latest (which should be 16.04). I want to make sure that my application is indeed run on 16.04. Here is my Dockerfile: FROM ubuntu:latest MAINTAINER xyz…
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$(uname -a) returning the same in docker host or any docker container

Why $(uname -a) returns the same Linux kernel than the host machine inside a docker container? uname -a #=> Linux leo 3.13.0-55-generic #94-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 18 00:27:10 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux docker run -ti --rm…
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How to strip trailing whitespace in CMake variable?

We are trying to improve the makefiles produced by CMake. For Clang, GCC and ICC, we want to add -march=native. The block to do so looks like: # -march=native for GCC, Clang and ICC on i386, i486, i586, i686 and x86_64. message(STATUS,…
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Understanding uname output

What do the various pieces of uname -a output mean? Following is an example output: Linux mymachine 2.6.18-194.e15PAE #1 SMP Fri Apr 2 15:37:44 EDT 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux I gather that Linux is the O.S, 2.6.18-194.e15PAE is the kernel…
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C how to use the function uname

I should write a function to get some information about the system (the most important information is the the architecture). I found the function uname which can be used including sys/utsname.h. Well, though I googled and I read the documentation, I…
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How to change version string of the kernel?

I'm very new to Linux and very new to building/compiling my own kernel. For starters, I'm just trying to figure out how to change the version string of my kernel. For instance, when I do uname -a, it prints out "Linux localhost.localdomain…
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How to find port number for a particular process id in unix?

In UNIX OS, how can I find the port number when i know the process name or pid ?
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What does YOUR uname say?

Short story: I need to write a PHP script which finds the correct OS type from uname (eg: both wince and winnt would return windows). See here for more info. Shouldn't this be a community wiki? Yes but...see here. How to help: If your OS is not…
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Detect OS from Bash script and notify user

Using bash, I want to find the operating system and notify the user. I tried: OS='uname -s' echo "$OS" if [ "$OS" == 'Linux' ]; then echo "Linux" else echo "Not Linux" fi I just get uname -s Not Linux on the terminal, which is wrong. How…
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Identifying If the OS is (Open)SUSE in Python?

I'm developing a script that needs the package managers of a System. I've identified Fedora, Gentoo, and Arch Linux using the os.uname() function. However, the (open)SUSE uname results is the same as other Linux Distros. I found the uname results of…
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What are different possible values for POSIX::uname() release number on Windows?

I want to determine which version of Windows I'm on using POSIX::uname. I know it returns 6.2 on Windows 2012. I found a table of these values, Windows version and corresponding release number but I can't find it anymore. I've been searching the…
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SOLARIS - verify OS version before OS upgarde

I have SOLARIS 10 OS SOLARIS OS was upgrade to new version as the following version - 144488-02 Example of OS version verification: uname -v Generic_144488-02 . uname -a SunOS star1a 5.10 Generic_144488-02 sun4v sparc…
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How to detect Linux or macOS or Windows in powershell?

I use uname -s in bash scripts to determine the OS and it returns Linux, Darwin or MINGW64_NT... when its running on Linux, macOS or Windows. EDIT0 : I want my $PROFILE script to detect the OS whether is running on Windows with PS (version could be…
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Calling uname from libc with Pythons ctypes

tl;dr this works with the GNU version of libc (haven't tried it with uclibc yet) from ctypes import * libc = CDLL('libc.so.6') class uts_struct(Structure): _fields_ = [ ('sysname', c_char * 65), ('nodename', c_char * 65), …
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Issue with uname when trying to launch atom from MSYS shell

I have recently installed Atom, and made sure the path is correct, however, when calling any command such as atom file_name, or atom . I am met with uname: invalid option -- o Try "uname --help" for more information. "esources" is not recognized as…
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