From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Jan 26 14:29:55 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jan 2013 19:29:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50664 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBRq-0001Pt-6G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:29:54 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59593) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBHG-0001Al-O8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:18:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBGy-0000DY-DI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:18:43 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:34155) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBGy-0000DS-AI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:18:40 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42712) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBGu-0003fR-I8 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:18:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBGp-0000BF-13 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:18:36 -0500 Received: from mail-ea0-f179.google.com ([209.85.215.179]:34183) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzBGo-0000Av-QQ for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:18:30 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f179.google.com with SMTP id d12so606963eaa.24 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:18:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=fLGFRHz0Aw02f068mxr1Yh7PdY8POC/s7/ghLi7HESY=; b=UscPGbLTzlyajfcdx74cQPODuY/FQQGlJWhKEm+tN5LctJVLrDAqhAeXc+uiCjB5jo BLEz95qQnWD1Rki2eO8DjhIPLFesK/qVKS+iqt+4RItQhh9h6e9w2+gLrWtiVyPGOtFP wyygoHAVOiD1X0fF9v474M9wIra5nDP5lrTg6C3F1awrkFqmlX4v3fv2D9mEAhznn75Y CGydGwp0EXvpaJM62zXkzPtIyAbESC17CoScRNaoDZnX8DKp4bkcQn7cqzK2KLra4Z7y 6M3AdfXRHDsHR/RYZQtfXZ+o6fTcEWAEbQEC4L8tB7bKD0EKdA/ZfQGMXKMcH3DFfvQF KcZA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.178.196 with SMTP id f44mr33069440eem.14.1359227909326; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:18:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.1.65 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:18:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:18:29 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Uname help output From: Prashanth Devarajappa To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b622520b446bb04d435e865 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:29:52 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.4 (---) --047d7b622520b446bb04d435e865 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi There, Just tried Fedora 18, was looking to get the kernel version. When i invoke uname with --help option, it doesn't print -r which can be used to print the kernel version. Here is the output for --help uname --help Usage: uname [OPTION]... Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s. -a, --all print all information, in the following order, except omit -p and -i if unknown: -s, --kernel-name print the kernel name -n, --nodename print the network node hostname -r, --kernel-release print the kernel release -v, --kernel-version print the kernel version -m, --machine print the machine hardware name -p, --processor print the processor type or "unknown" -i, --hardware-platform print the hardware platform or "unknown" -o, --operating-system print the operating system --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Report uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org GNU coreutils home page: General help using GNU software: For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'uname invocation' Prashanth --047d7b622520b446bb04d435e865 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi There,

Just tried=A0 Fedora 18, was looking = to get the kernel version. When i
invoke uname with --help option, it do= esn't print -r which can be used
to print the kernel version.
Here is the output for --help

uname --help
Usage: uname [OPTION].= ..
Print certain system information.=A0 With no OPTION, same as -s.
<= br>=A0 -a, --all=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 print all inf= ormation, in the following
order,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 except omit -p and -i if unknown:
=A0 -s, --kernel= -name=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 print the kernel name
=A0 -n, --nodename=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 print the network node hostname
=A0 -r, --ke= rnel-release=A0=A0=A0=A0 print the kernel release
=A0 -v, --kernel-version=A0=A0=A0=A0 print the kernel version
=A0 -m, --= machine=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 print the machine hardware name=A0 -p, --processor=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 print the processor type or= "unknown"
=A0 -i, --hardware-platform=A0 print the hardware p= latform or "unknown"
=A0 -o, --operating-system=A0=A0 print the operating system
=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 --help=A0=A0=A0=A0 display this help and exit
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --vers= ion=A0 output version information and exit

Report uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using G= NU software: <http://www.gnu.org= /gethelp/>
For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'uname invocation'<= br>
Prashanth



--047d7b622520b446bb04d435e865-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Jan 26 19:19:59 2013 Received: (at 13562-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jan 2013 00:19:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50857 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TzFyY-0008Jb-Bl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:19:58 -0500 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:56979) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TzFyW-0008JT-EA for 13562-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:19:57 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC66DA60002; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:19:38 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0giHQN2PMWsk; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:19:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (pool-71-189-154-249.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.154.249]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6DD5CA60001; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:19:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5104729A.1040308@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:19:38 -0800 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130106 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Prashanth Devarajappa Subject: Re: bug#13562: Uname help output References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 13562-done Cc: 13562-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) On 01/26/2013 11:18 AM, Prashanth Devarajappa wrote: > it doesn't print -r ... > Here is the output for --help > ... > -r, --kernel-release print the kernel release Looks like -r is in there and you just missed it so I'm marking this as done. From unknown Tue Sep 09 11:47:05 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator