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There are several commands to find the release and the version:
cat /etc/issue
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m
cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)
cat /proc/version
uname -m
This is the command to find the CPU architecture ( 32bit or 64 bit).
Here is a script to check the release name and bit
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check_sys(){ if [[ -f /etc/redhat-release ]]; then release="centos" elif cat /etc/issue | grep -q -E -i "debian"; then release="debian" elif cat /etc/issue | grep -q -E -i "ubuntu"; then release="ubuntu" elif cat /etc/issue | grep -q -E -i "centos|red hat|redhat"; then release="centos" elif cat /proc/version | grep -q -E -i "debian"; then release="debian" elif cat /proc/version | grep -q -E -i "ubuntu"; then release="ubuntu" elif cat /proc/version | grep -q -E -i "centos|red hat|redhat"; then release="centos" fi bit=`uname -m` } check_sys echo "Linux:$release, bit:$bit" |
