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Alex Vinokur

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Apr 9, 2001, 3:41:14 AM4/9/01
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What command should I use to get linux version?

Thanks in advance,
Alex Vinokur


Nils O. Selåsdal

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Apr 9, 2001, 3:48:25 AM4/9/01
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"Alex Vinokur" <ale...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> What command should I use to get linux version?
To get the kernel version, type uname -a

Eric

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Apr 9, 2001, 3:50:17 AM4/9/01
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> What command should I use to get linux version?

`uname -a`

Eric


Frank Ranner

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Apr 9, 2001, 4:03:27 AM4/9/01
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uname -r

More info:

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Usage: uname [OPTION]...
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.

-a, --all print all information
-m, --machine print the machine (hardware) type
-n, --nodename print the machine's network node hostname
-r, --release print the operating system release
-s, --sysname print the operating system name
-p, --processor print the host processor type
-v print the operating system version
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
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regards, Frank Ranner

mari-k

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Apr 9, 2001, 6:24:20 PM4/9/01
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In article <3AD1679A...@bigfoot.com>, "Alex Vinokur"
<ale...@bigfoot.com> wrote:

uname -a

Brian Schwarz

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Apr 9, 2001, 7:46:14 PM4/9/01
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> > What command should I use to get linux version?
> uname -a

if you're looking for the Linux kernel version, try:
cat /dev/version


Drew Roedersheimer

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Apr 10, 2001, 4:24:31 AM4/10/01
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or (to be more general)

`uname -r`


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