unix version

[mmmm]

Hi all- how could I know which version of Linux is installed?- which command to use to get that information?
I can find a directory named (x86-64-redhat-linux)- could this be the linux version that is installed on the machine?
thank you in advance

[dpryan]

It's often, but not always, contained in the output of "uname -a". There's actually no standard way to find this out!

[mmmm]

thank you very much "uname -a" has worked successfully

[lethalfang]

Hi all- how could I know which version of Linux is installed?- which command to use to get that information?
I can find a directory named (x86-64-redhat-linux)- could this be the linux version that is installed on the machine?
thank you in advance

Another command is:

lsb_release -a

It gives you distribution information.

[dpryan]

Another command is:

lsb_release -a

It gives you distribution information.

Guess things have advanced a bit since my sysadmin days! Glad there's now a semi-standard way to do this.