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Nick Bailuc
Asked: 2012-06-15 09:33:13 +0800 CST

What terminal command checks the Ubuntu version [duplicate]

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What terminal command tells the version of Ubuntu.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    For the description and the release number including the OS name, run:

    $ lsb_release -d
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

    Just for the the codename, use:

    $ lsb_release -c
Codebase:   precise

    For the release number only, use:

    $ lsb_release -r
Release:    12.04

    For all lsb version details, use:

    $ lsb_release -a
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:    12.04
Codename:   precise
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  2. This should give you what you want:

    cat /etc/lsb-release
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