description & usage
- LSB (Linux Standard Base)
- tldr description
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15lsb_release
Provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information.
- Print all available information:
lsb_release -a
- Print a description (usually the full name) of the operating system:
lsb_release -d
- Print only the operating system name (ID), suppressing the field name:
lsb_release -i -s
- Print the release number and codename of the distribution, suppressing the field names:
lsb_release -rcsexample
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5LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description: CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core)
Release: 8.2.2004
Codename: Core