lsb_release(1)                       General Commands Manual                       lsb_release(1)



NAME
       lsb_release - print distribution-specific information

SYNOPSIS
       lsb_release [options]

DESCRIPTION
       The  lsb_release  command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-spe‐
       cific 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  sub‐
       ject to error.

SEE ALSO
       lsb(8)

AUTHOR
       Chris Lawrence <lawrencc AT debian.org>.



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