How to check Linux / Unix distribution version
Posted on , Last modified : August 30, 2012
By mkyong
Today my boss ask me install a tomcat in linux machine. After i ssh into that machine, i wonder what is the Linux distribution version? Red Hat? Ubuntu? Fedora? Debian?
However with a simple command, i can check what is linux distribution version
mymachine:~# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch3) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Wed Sep 26 19:03:46 UTC 2007 mymachine:~#
I’m using Debian Linux version 2.6.18-5-686-bigmem
cat /proc/version
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uname -v can be used to display Linux / Unix Distribution Version.
You can also do cat /etc/*-release
Thanks for sharing your tip.
This has the benefit of reporting the distribution in use rather than the kernel – useful in a chroot.
In a CentOS 5 chroot under Debian (using schroot to bind mount /proc in chroot) :
/proc/version = Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-31) (ben@decadent.org.uk)
(gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Mon Mar 7 21:35:22 UTC 2011
/etc/redhat-release = CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
Thanks for your add-on
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
will work on most machines as well (that is: those who feature grub)
thank for the tips ~
It;s very important for me & it’s working….
-Bappy
Moron :-D