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|Display the codename of the current operating system. For instance, if you are running Ubuntu 16.04, this will display
|Display the codename of the current operating system. For instance, if you are running Ubuntu 16.04, this will display
<br>Codename: xenial<br/>
<br>Codename: xenial<br/>
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|'''-a'''
|'''--all'''
|Display all of the above information. For instance, if you are running Arch Linux, this will display
<br>LSB Version: 1.4
Distributor ID: Arch
Description: Arch Linux
Release: rolling
Codename: n/a<br/>
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Revision as of 14:41, 18 September 2017

Author

Elizaveta Romanova, A21

.09.2017

About command

The lsb_release command displays LSB (Linux Standard Base) information about your specific Linux distribution. It's a reliable way to get version information about the Linux system you're using.

Syntax

lsb_release  [OPTIONS]

Options

-v --version Show the version of the Linux Standard Base that your system is compliant with. The version is displayed as a colon-separated list of LSB module descriptions.


-i --id Display the ID of your Linux distributor. For instance, if you are running Debian, this option will display


Distributor ID: Debian.

-d --description Display a description of your Linux distribution. For instance, if you are running CentOS 7, this will display something like

Description:
CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)

-r --release Display the release number of the current operating system. For instance, if you are running Fedora 25, this will output


Release: 25

-c --codename Display the codename of the current operating system. For instance, if you are running Ubuntu 16.04, this will display


Codename: xenial

-a --all Display all of the above information. For instance, if you are running Arch Linux, this will display


LSB Version: 1.4 Distributor ID: Arch Description: Arch Linux Release: rolling Codename: n/a

Installing LSB Core

Ubuntu, Debian

CentOS

Fedora

OpenSUSE

Arch

Other distributions

Examples

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