how can i know on which flavour of linux i was using through command

Question

It is possible that i should know the flavor of Linux through command-line

if i run the following command

$ uname -s output is

Linux

it just showing "Linux" and but not flavor name of Linux.

Possible duplicate of [How do I identify the particular Linux flavor via command line?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13036048/how-do-i-identify-the-particular-linux-flavor-via-command-line) — Ali, Jun 03 '17 at 07:23
Possible duplicate of [Best way to find os name and version in Unix/Linux platform](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26988262/best-way-to-find-os-name-and-version-in-unix-linux-platform) — funky-future, Jun 03 '17 at 11:05

delvetwelve · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-03T06:42:49.390

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Have you tried cat /etc/*-release ?

Other commands that might work:

cat /etc/system-release # I believe mostly Red Hat based distro

cat /proc/version

edited Jun 03 '17 at 06:42

answered Jun 03 '17 at 06:24

delvetwelve

upvote for /etc/*release ; definitely not oracle-release or /etc/issue – MacHala Jun 03 '17 at 06:27
@MacHala don't know how did i get that 'issue' there. Oracle was a misinterpretation from the tag. – delvetwelve Jun 03 '17 at 06:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '17 at 06:28

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on most distros should work the command:

lsb_release -a

answered Jun 03 '17 at 06:28

MacHala

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