Useful CLI commands that I’ve compiled in order to determine which flavor/version of Linux I’m running.
Kernel: uname -r
Distro: lsb_release -a
Prints certain system information usually related to the kernel (-a is the ALL switch).
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uname -a |
Output:
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[/dev] # uname -a Linux BACKUP01 3.4.6 #1 SMP Tue Feb 17 04:58:58 CST 2015 x86_64 unknown |
You can cat the /proc/version file:
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cat /proc/version |
Output:
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[/dev] # cat /proc/version Linux version 3.4.6 (root@NasX86Builder) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Tue Feb 17 04:58:58 CST 2015 |
cat the /etc/lsb-release
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# cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04" |
Debian has /etc/debian_version
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# cat /etc/debian_version 5.0.2 |
Fedora has /etc/fedora-release
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# cat /etc/fedora-release |
Red Hat/CentOS has /etc/redhat-release
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# cat /etc/redhat-release |
Gentoo has /etc/gentoo-release
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# cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 |
You may be able to try out cat /etc/issue
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[/dev] # cat /etc/issue Welcome to TS-670(10.0.10.2), QNAP Systems, Inc. |
Mr-Moo
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