How to check Linux / Unix distribution version
Written on August 12, 2008 at 7:50 am 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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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