lsb_release

NAME

lsb_release – print distribution-specific information  

SYNOPSIS

lsb_release [options]  

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 apt but that heuristic is subject to error.