On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:59:47PM +1100, Tom Massey uttered:
> Ben Donohue wrote:
> >
> > hi slugs,
> > what's the command to find out what version of linux you are running.
> > i've got some old redhat boxes fired up and want to see what they've
> > got.
>
> Try 'cat /proc/version' - I think that should work.
>
That will you show the version of _kernel_ you're running.
steven@broken:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
testing/unstable
[steven@mail steven]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
Those, or close relatives are what you are looking for, I'd say.
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