x uname - System Information

Enhanced uname command with colorized, structured output.

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Quick Start

# Display system information
x uname

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Features

• Colorized output: Key-value format with ANSI colors (auto-disabled when piped)
• Structured display: hostname, osname, kernel, machine, version
• Cross-platform: Works on Linux, macOS, Windows (via cosmo)

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Output Fields

Field	Description	Example
hostname	System hostname	myserver
osname	Operating system name	Linux, Darwin
kernel	Kernel version	5.15.0-91-generic
machine	Hardware architecture	x86_64, arm64
version	Full OS version string	#101-Ubuntu SMP...

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Examples

Basic Usage

# Default - colorful structured output
x uname

# Output example:
# hostname   :  myserver
# osname     :  Linux
# kernel     :  5.15.0-91-generic
# machine    :  x86_64
# version    :  #101-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 14 13:29:11 UTC 2023

Pipe Usage

Colors are automatically disabled when output is piped:

# No colors in piped output
x uname | cat

# Parse with awk
x uname | awk -F': ' '/kernel/{print $2}'

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Comparison with Native uname

Command	Output Style
uname -a	Single line, space-separated
x uname	Multi-line, key-value format

# Native uname
$ uname -a
Linux myserver 5.15.0-91-generic #101-Ubuntu SMP ... x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# x uname
$ x uname
hostname   :  myserver
osname     :  Linux
kernel     :  5.15.0-91-generic
machine    :  x86_64
version    :  #101-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 14 13:29:11 UTC 2023

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Related

• Native uname(1) manual page