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Subject:    Re: [linux-elitists] What other command lines besides uname let you know versions of things?...
From:       Shlomi Fish <shlomif () shlomifish ! org>
Date:       2013-07-31 16:59:41
Message-ID: 20130731195941.7776749b () telaviv1 ! shlomifish ! org
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:34:15 -0500
Tilghman Lesher <zgp-org@the-tilghman.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Don Saklad <dsaklad@gnu.org> wrote:
> > What other command lines let you know versions of things?... besides uname
> 
> Another typical one is:  cat /etc/issue.  Most commands also have a
> '--version' command line option nowadays (perl --version, gcc
> --version).

There's also /etc/lsb-release and some distribution specific files such
as /etc/mageia-release or /etc/debian_version (IIRC).

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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