LSB_RELEASE(1) User Commands LSB_RELEASE(1)
NAME
lsb_release - print distribution-specific information (minimal
implementation).
SYNOPSIS
lsb_release [options]
DESCRIPTION
This is a bare-bones version of the lsb_release command, implemented as
a tiny POSIX shell script (less than 100 lines of commented code).
Instead of using LSB packages, this version of lsb_release uses the
information in /etc/os-release and /usr/lib/os-release. Nevertheless,
the output of this version is byte-for-byte compatible with the Python-
based version provided by Debian and its derivatives.
Using this implementation it is possible to avoid installing Python in
a base OS image while still retaining compatibility with older scripts
that expect lsb_release to exist.
OPTIONS
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes ("--"). A summary of options are
included below.
-h, --help
Show a help message with a list of options and exit.
-v, --version
Show LSB modules this system supports.
-i, --id
Show distributor ID.
-d, --description
Show description of this distribution.
-r, --release
Show release number of this distribution.
-c, --codename
Show code name of this distribution.
-a, --all
Show all of the above information.
-s, --short
Show requested information in short format.
FILES
/usr/lib/os-release
Distribution-provided file with operating system identification
data.
/etc/os-release
Machine-specific file with operating system identification data.
If present, /etc/os-release is read instead of /usr/lib/os-release.
SEE ALSO
os-release(5)
AUTHOR
Gioele Barabucci <https://gioele.io>
LICENSE
This implementation of lsb_release is free software released under the
terms of the ISC license.
lsb_release 12.0 2022-09-26 LSB_RELEASE(1)
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