How to find the linux operating system version in SLES/RHEL?

vedam.psg · 06-16-2009, 08:41 AM

Hi,

I have installed SLES and RHEL operating system. I have to find the operating system version? Is there any command that i can execute to find the version of the operating system??

Thanks,
Vedha

bathory · 06-16-2009, 08:50 AM

You can run:

Code:

cat /etc/Suse-release
cat /etc/redhat-release

For RHEL you can also use:

Code:

lsb_release -a

MensaWater · 06-16-2009, 08:52 AM

and cat /etc/issue

pburwell · 03-10-2014, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MensaWater

Humility is the refuge of the incompetent.
~Nero Wolfe (Rex Stout character)

Proverbs 16:19 (KJV)
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

MensaWater · 03-11-2014, 07:49 AM

Quote:

It ain't the heat, it's the humility.
Yogi Berra

Quote:

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
Jane Austen