lsb_release
print distribution-specific information
Synopsis
lsb_release
[options]
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description
The
lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux
Standard Base) and distribution-specific information.
If no options
are given, the -v option is assumed.
options
The program
follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (’--’). A
summary of options are included below.
-v, --version
Show the version of the LSB
against which your current installation is compliant. The
version is expressed as a colon separated list of LSB module
descriptions.
-i,
--id
Display the distributor’s
ID.
-d,
--description
Display a description of the
currently installed distribution.
-r,
--release
Display the release number of
the currently installed distribution.
-c,
--codename
Display the code name of the
currently installed distribution.
-a,
--all
Display all of the above
information.
-s,
--short
Use the short output format for
any information displayed. This format omits the leading
header(s).
-h,
--help
Show summary of options.
notes
This is a reimplementation of the lsb_release command
provided by the Free Standards Group. Any bugs are solely the
responsibility of the author below.
Detection of systems using a mix of packages from various
distributions or releases is something of a black art; the
current heuristic tends to assume that the installation is of the
earliest distribution which is still being used by .B apt but
that heuristic is subject to error.
see also
lsb
author
Chris Lawrence
<lawrencc[:at:]debian[:dot:]org>.