How to tell Red Hat version?

[Blackburn, Marvin]

On a related question, when does (what constitutes) and update change,
i.e. 
what determines when this file is changed. 

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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Serge Dubrouski
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:37 PM
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> Subject: Re: How to tell Red Hat version?
> 
> cat /etc/redhat-release
> 
> On 7/17/06, Glenn <glenn at mail.txwes.edu> wrote:
> > Is there a text command that will display the version of 
> Red Hat?  I have
> > inherited a bunch of servers that run in text-only mode.  I 
> can use uname to
> > find out what kernel they have, but how do I tell whether 
> they are running
> > 6.0, 7.2, EL AS 3 upgrade 5, or EL AS 4?  Thanks.   -Glenn.
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