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balakodoth

01-20-2011 08:34 PM

Finding version in Linux

is there any command with which we can view the version of Linux ?

AlucardZero

01-20-2011 08:35 PM

uname -a
cat /etc/*release
or
cat /etc/*version

wile_coyote

01-20-2011 10:10 PM

AlucardZero hit the info you need. uname -r will give you the kernel release contained in uname -a.

Aquarius_Girl

01-20-2011 10:48 PM

Code:

anisha@linux-uitj:~> cat /etc/issue

Welcome to openSUSE 11.2 "Emerald" - Kernel \r (\l).

austinium

01-20-2011 11:25 PM

Code:

lsb_release -a

Code:

vs@vsn:~$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID:        Debian

Description:        Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze)

Release:        6.0

Codename:        squeeze

prakasha.lunux

01-20-2011 11:38 PM

uname -a gives all info about the machine ..... EX: kernel, OS, etc..

Aquarius_Girl

01-20-2011 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prakasha.lunux (Post 4232507)

uname -a gives all info about the machine ..... EX: kernel, OS, etc..

It doesn't show the distribution!

This combination will be more helpful, I think:

Code:

anisha@linux-uitj:~> uname -a && cat /etc/issue

Linux linux-uitj 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Welcome to openSUSE 11.2 "Emerald" - Kernel \r (\l).



anisha@linux-uitj:~>

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