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Cmd to find out Linux distributor
Name: G Chen Date: February 19, 2004 at 06:25:59 Pacific OS: RH 9.0 CPU/Ram: 1.8G/512mb
Comment:
Folks: Do you know if there is a command I can use to find out the distributor of the Linux box I am using? I mean, I want to find out if I am using: Redhat, Debian, Suse, Mandrake, etc. I tried "uname -a" but it just prints out information such as kernel version, CPU type, date when that version was released, etc.
Name: heart_debian Date: February 19, 2004 at 07:43:03 Pacific
Reply:
Different Distributors have different ways to record the version number (and their name). On RH9, the file /etc/redhat-release contains the info. Simply do a "cat /etc/redhat-release".
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Response Number 2
Name: 987 Date: February 19, 2004 at 10:11:17 Pacific
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Don't think there's a reliable way for every distro, how about simply 'ls /etc'? If it's Red Hat, you'll see 'redhat-release'. If it's Debian , you'll see 'debian-version' ...
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Response Number 3
Name: ... Date: February 19, 2004 at 11:10:12 Pacific
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my slackware is like that too
try typing: ls /etc/*-version
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Response Number 4
Name: G Chen Date: February 20, 2004 at 09:39:42 Pacific
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