From unknown Tue Sep 09 11:47:04 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#13562: Uname help output Resent-From: Prashanth Devarajappa Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:30:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 13562 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 13562@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13592285955454 (code B ref -1); Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:30:01 +0000 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: From: Prashanth Devarajappa 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-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 unknown Tue Sep 09 11:47:04 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.428 (Entity 5.428) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Prashanth Devarajappa Subject: bug#13562: closed (Re: bug#13562: Uname help output) Message-ID: References: <5104729A.1040308@cs.ucla.edu> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 13562 X-Gnu-PR-Package: coreutils Reply-To: 13562@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:20:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1359246002-31987-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1359246002-31987-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #13562: Uname help output which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 13562@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 13562: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D13562 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1359246002-31987-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. ------------=_1359246002-31987-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 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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



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