.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan .\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk .\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later .\" .TH proc_version 5 2023-08-15 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME /proc/version \- kernel version .SH DESCRIPTION .TP .I /proc/version This string identifies the kernel version that is currently running. It includes the contents of .IR /proc/sys/kernel/ostype , .IR /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease , and .IR /proc/sys/kernel/version . For example: .IP .in +4n .EX Linux version 1.0.9 (quinlan@phaze) #1 Sat May 14 01:51:54 EDT 1994 .EE .in .SH SEE ALSO .BR proc (5)