/etc/issue works in some (cant guarantee all) <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Hearn, Stan J. <<a href="mailto:stan.hearn@nscorp.com">stan.hearn@nscorp.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I need to determine the version of Linux in a script. I would prefer to use the uname command. I use that currently for Solaris. But that really only gives me the kernel version in Linux. Right? With Redhat I could use the /etc/redhat-release, but would that work for other flavors like Fedora, CentOS, etc...? Is there a standard for Linux based distros to use /etc/*-release to identify itself? Thanks, Stan -- redhat-sysadmin-list mailing list <a href="mailto:redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com">redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list</a> </blockquote></div>