Scott Klarr Jr
How to check the version of a Linux OS
Posted On Feb 19, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Console Command:
uname -a is a linux command that will output useful information about your linux distribution, kernel version, cpu information and more.
Example Output
Linux computerName 2.6.22.18-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 13:53:50 EST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz GNU/Linux
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alMubarmih Jul 12, 2008
But the real command can give you the truth is:
cat /proc/version
Szymon Dec 09, 2008
cat /proc/version works unless you are on AIX, SunOS or meybe other systems. Then you will have to use uname. Anybody knows other methods to determine OS?
prasanna Aug 24, 2008
Dear sir,
i want to know how to check linux version . normally in windows we just check windows explore then help then status .i lnstalled fedora 8 or 9 i want to know how to check
Akos Feb 17, 2009
See "cat /etc/issue" or "uname -r"
khaleel Aug 31, 2010
u can see the version in system monitor
Anuradha Indika Perea Mar 10, 2009
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Pravin Deshpande Oct 14, 2009
The perfect answer is:-
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root@server007[~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 5.2 (Final)
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root@myserver [~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 8)
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Fire above command and will get the version.
Pravin Deshpande Oct 14, 2009
And for suse or fedora Flavour:-
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cat /etc/fedora-release # on Fedora Core
cat /etc/SuSE-release # on OpenSuSE
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test Mar 12, 2009
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vinay Mar 19, 2010
how to find os version of a host pc in the network with only its ip known to me..
Chinmay Apr 29, 2010
try:
lsb_release -d
Shambhu Rajak May 27, 2010
I want to find cli commands for hyperV server to get hostname of host and number of guest.If possiblle can i know if ssh/rsh will work on hyperV server to run cli commnds to get network parameters like ipaddres,mac, for both host and guest.
efaistos Aug 19, 2010
lsb_release doesnt exist on redhat& co systems
I think the best ay is really the /proc/version :)