Re: Cents OS from Bash Shell

[Dave Cross <davorg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25 April 2013 13:30, Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 13:04 +0100, Adekoya Adekunle wrote:
> >> I want to know the right command to type from a bash shell so that i can
> >>    1) Check the version of my cent os
> >
> > lsb_release -a
>
> >From the question, he wants to know the version of CentOS, not the LSB
> info.
>
> rpm -q centos-release


lsb_release gives the version of CentOS.

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:
:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 5.8 (Final)
Release: 5.8
Codename: Final

Dave...

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