One Day One GNU/Linux Command
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lsb_release -- Show Linux Standard Base and Distribution info.
Summary:
If the installation is LSB compliant, the "/etc/lsb-release" file
should contain the LSB_VERSION field and other optional fields like
DISTRIB_ID, DISTRIB_RELEASE, DISTRIB_CODENAME, DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION.
lsb_release will read the above config file and show the details in
different format. It is useful command to find your distribution
informations.
Example:
$ lsb_release -- Show the LSB version number.
$ lsb_release -i -- Display the distributor ID or Name.
$ lsb_release -d -- Display the single line text description of the
distribution.
$ lsb_release -r -- Display the release number of the distribution.
$ lsb_release -c -- Display the distribution code-name.
$ lsb_release -a -- Display all of the above information.
$ lsb_release -s -- Show only field values, not the filed name.
$ lsb_release -ds -- Show only field values, not the filed name.
$ lsb_release -as -- Show in short format.
Read: man lsb_release
HTH :)
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Bharathi S
