How can I see in the shell unix the version and the operating system that the machine have?
I try the command lsb_release but i can't see with that.
Any solution?
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3The best answer depends on which operating system you have! – Tom Fenech Jul 02 '15 at 13:14
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1isn´t it `lsb_release -a` ? – Marged Jul 02 '15 at 13:15
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What's wrong with uname -o? Unless by "operating system" you mean "distribution". – William Pursell Jul 02 '15 at 19:15
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You tagged your question with Ubuntu, so here is a solution for Ubuntu:
lsb_release -a will give you the version of Ubuntu installed.
If you are unsure if it is 32 or 64 bit you can call file /sbin/init.
The kernel version used is shown when running uname -a
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Sorry, i change that, is fedora. But uname -a is good too, for the kernel version. – PRVS Jul 02 '15 at 13:20
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If you are using Linux you can see
cat /etc/fedora-release
This way you just can know the version if you known the distribution in this case Fedora. but you can always try for a file *-release in the folder /etc
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just tried this on Ubuntu and got the correct information: `cat /etc/*-release` – Marged Jul 02 '15 at 13:22