The command lshw (List Hardware) is another popular tool that provides detailed information about the hardware specification of the computer. In order to see all the information that you displayed using each of the switches above in one command, you can rely on :Īs you can see, the output displays a detailed information about the system. The operating system’s name can be displayed using the command :
The hardware platform information can be found using the following command: This shows that a 64-bit processor is used. To find out your processor type, use the following command:
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For more on how to know whether you have a 32 or 64 architecture, read our article here.
The value x86_64 indicates a 64-bit architecture. To display your system’s hardware architecture, use the ‘-m’ switch as follows: On non-Linux systems, the node and the hostname might not be the same. The same output on Linux can also be provided using the command: In order to display the network hostname of your node, run the command: To view your Linux kernel version information, use the ‘-v’ switch as follows: The following command will print out the release of your system’s kernel: This will return your system’s kernel name when invoked without any option. Open up your terminal and type in the command : The uname command has many options or switches that are quite useful when requesting information about your system’s details. Using uname command: System’s details(kernel, release…) In this tutorial we will cover some of these tools that are command line or GUI based so that you will be properly equipped in case need be. Fortunately Linux has many built-in and free utilities that help you look up this information. Sometimes a software installation requires you to check your Linux system details, such as the architecture, the devices, the version as well as the hardware specification for compatibility reasons.
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