Unix commands for OS versions

[Sibusiso]

Good day,

Could you please kindly advise as to which commands are ran in Unix systems for getting the OS version.

Thanks

[ChrisG · Accepted solution]

I don't know of any comprehensive reference that specifies this information, and the exact place that version information is obtained from on Unix-like operating systems varies widely by operating system.

As one example I do know: OS version information on Linux is obtained from the /etc/os-release file, or by running /usr/bin/lsb_release.

[Sibusiso]

Thanks Chris

[mfeinman]

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