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Old 04-07-2009, 02:58 PM   #1
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hello all,

I am new to this forum and rather a newbie. I am looking for the command line used to find my installed version of Fedora.

Thanks

Ron
 
Old 04-07-2009, 03:14 PM   #2
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cat /etc/fedora-release
 
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Thanks that did it.

Much appreciated

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In alternative
Code:
lsb_release -d
this is valid for every distribution, without knowing the name of the release file in advance.
 
  


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