December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
506 pages
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English
Apart from the hostname command, you can also use the uname -n command to display the host name of your system. Without any flags, the uname command will display the operating system that your are using.
You can also use the uname -x command to display:
The operating system that your are using
The host name
The machine ID number of the hardware running the system
The release number of the operating system
The operating system version
The system model name
A few examples of the use of the uname command are shown in Figure 10-20.

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