Windows 终端上的 uname

Question

I was wondering if the command uname works in Windows terminal? If so what does it output? I read that it could be Windows or WindowsNT

Answer 1

I believe uname shows you your kernel. So on GNU/Linux, running uname gives you Linux because that is your kernel. Out of Windows or WindowsNT, I'd assume Windows would give you Windows NT because that's the kernel it uses.

$ whatis uname
uname (1)            - print system information
uname (2)            - get name and information about current kernel

I think you can get similar information by using systeminfo .

Answer 2

in Windows, uname-equivalent is the 'ver' command.

>ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1889]

you can create a tiny script, call it uname.cmd

>type uname.cmd
@ver

Then you have your own uname command on Windows

>uname

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1889]

I tested the above on my Windows 10 PC.