NAME¶
lsb_release - print distribution-specific information
SYNOPSIS¶
lsb_release [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
The
lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and
distribution-specific 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 subject to error.
SEE ALSO¶
lsb(8)
AUTHOR¶
Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>.