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Created September 19, 2018 15:18
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get-dist-and-version.sh
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
# freedesktop.org and systemd
. /etc/os-release
OS=$NAME
VER=$VERSION_ID
elif type lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1; then
# linuxbase.org
OS=$(lsb_release -si)
VER=$(lsb_release -sr)
elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
# For some versions of Debian/Ubuntu without lsb_release command
. /etc/lsb-release
OS=$DISTRIB_ID
VER=$DISTRIB_RELEASE
elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
# Older Debian/Ubuntu/etc.
OS=Debian
VER=$(cat /etc/debian_version)
elif [ -f /etc/SuSe-release ]; then
# Older SuSE/etc.
cat /etc/SuSe-release
elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
# Older Red Hat, CentOS, etc.
cat /etc/redhat-release
# Red Hat Linux release 6.2 (Zoot)
else
# Fall back to uname, e.g. "Linux <version>", also works for BSD, etc.
OS=$(uname -s)
VER=$(uname -r)
fi
echo "OS: ${OS}"
echo "VER: ${VER}"
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