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unix command equivalent of 'ver' in DOS

  • 28-11-2006 4:01pm
    #1
    ambasite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭


    hi, anyone know the unix command to display what version of unix is running? connected via telent sesson. thanks.


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  • #2
    musiknonstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭musiknonstop


    uname -a

    Try that. It works for Linux, maybe Unix too.


  • #3
    ambasite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭ambasite


    musiknonstop wrote:
    uname -a

    Try that. It works for Linux, maybe Unix too.

    cheers, got SunOS.


  • #4
    Skitbra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭Skitbra


    I think the best one would be:

    cat /etc/issue


  • #5
    martinoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭martinoc


    Skitbra wrote:
    I think the best one would be:

    cat /etc/issue
    No, /etc/issue is what is displayed on a console prior to log in. It does not necessarily give any info about which distribution or version thereof is running.
    uname -a
    provides the following information:

    The name of the kernel
    The hostname
    The kernel release
    The Kernel version
    The machine architecture
    The processor type
    The operating system


  • #6
    hmboards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 345 ✭✭hmboards


    ambasite wrote:
    cheers, got SunOS.

    `cat /etc/release` gives the specific release of Solaris (which HW update is installed etc.)


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  • #7
    ambasite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭ambasite


    thanks:

    $ cat /etc/release
    Solaris 8 10/01 s28s_u6wos_08a SPARC
    Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    Assembled 12 September 2001
    Solaris 8 Maintenance Update 7 applied
    $ uname -a
    SunOS polaris 5.8 Generic_117350-28 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
    $


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