[LInux] view the Linux system version information and the linux Version Information

[LInux] view the Linux system version information and the linux Version Information

1. View Linux kernel version commands (two methods ):

1. cat/proc/version

[root@S-CentOS home]# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 (mockbuild@c6b8.bsys.dev.centos.org) (gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-4) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013

2. uname-

[root@S-CentOS home]# uname -a
Linux S-CentOS 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

2. view the commands for Linux (3 methods ):

1. lsb_release-a to list all version information:

[root@S-CentOS ~]# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
Release: 6.5
Codename: Final

This command applies to all Linux distributions, Including RedHat, SUSE, Debian... And other releases.

2. cat/etc/redhat-release. This method is only applicable to Linux systems in the Redhat system:

[root@S-CentOS home]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)

3. cat/etc/issue. This command is also applicable to all Linux distributions.

[root@S-CentOS home]# cat /etc/issue
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m