uname()

As you can see in the other examples, uname -u gives the plant code and the machine sequence number to better identify a system.

To get a unique system identifier, use the uname command with the -Mu or -MuL flag.

pid, uname, and command are process ID, user name, and command, respectively.

You can use the output of uname -F and uname -f to positively identify any POWER5 processor-based machine or partition.

The uname command provides details about your system.

There is a nice and simple command line program called uname that will tell us exactly that.

uname -u gives the plant code and machine identifier.

Two tools are useful here: one that identifies your host (such as hostname or uname) and one that identifies your platform (uname).

You can add other data items, such as machine type and machine model numbers, as in the uname -Mu and uname -MuL commands.

There are no changes to the uname command flag outputs, -M, -U, or -L.

uname -M gives the type and model name.

On AIX 5L Version 5. 3, the uname command stays the same for flags mentioned in previous sections and in the first two examples below.