shell script variable for OS?
 

If I wanted to append a my hostname to a copied/tarred file, I'd use `hostname`

Is there an equivelant for printing the OS?

Greetings. Thank you for your response. How would I append that to a tar command, such as

tar -zcvf ~/path/to/file-`hostname`-`date +%Y%m%d`.tar.gz /etc

Exactly the same way as you attach the date command except use uname + whaterver options you want

Got it. Thanks.

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