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Posted lun. 18 février 2013

Tip of the week 8

Linux commands to retrieve your system & distro version

There many ways to know your system and your distro version, here are few ways to find it :

Show your Linux Version :

To show linux version using /proc/

natjohan$  cat /proc/version
  Linux version 3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.7.2 20121109 (Red Hat 4.7.2-8) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Jan 23 16:44:29 UTC 2013

With dmsg command :

natjohan$ dmesg | grep "Linux version"
  [    0.000000] Linux version 3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64 (mockbuild@bkernel01.phx2.fedoraproject.org) (gcc version 4.7.2 20121109 (Red Hat 4.7.2-8) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Jan 23 16:44:29 UTC 2013

With uname :

natjohan$ uname -a
  Linux cerize-laptop 3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jan 23 16:44:29 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

To check your distro version

With /etc/ :

natjohan$ cat /etc/issue
  Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
  Kernel \r on an \m (\l)

Or :

natjohan$ cat /etc/*release*
  Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
  cat: /etc/lsb-release.d: est un dossier
  NAME=Fedora
  VERSION="18 (Spherical Cow)"
  ID=fedora
  VERSION_ID=18
  PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow)"
  ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
  CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18"
  Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
  Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
  cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

With lsb_release (if it's installed):

natjohan$ lsb_release -a
  LSB Version:  :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-ia32:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-ia32:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-ia32:printing-4.1-noarch
  Distributor ID:       Fedora
  Description:  Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
  Release:      18
  Codename:     SphericalCow
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