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NAME

6       FSG - manual page for FSG lsb_release v2.0
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SYNOPSIS

9       lsb_release [OPTION]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       FSG  lsb_release v2.0 prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Dis‐
13       tribution information.
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15       With no OPTION specified defaults to -v.
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OPTIONS

18       -v, --version
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20              Display the version of the LSB specification against  which  the
21              distribution is compliant.
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23       -i, --id
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25              Display the string id of the distributor.
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27       -d, --description
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29              Display the single line text description of the distribution.
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31       -r, --release
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33              Display the release number of the distribution.
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35       -c, --codename
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37              Display the codename according to the distribution release.
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39       -a, --all
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41              Display all of the above information.
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43       -s, --short
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45              Use  short  output  format  for  information  requested by other
46              options (or version if none).
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48       -h, --help
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50              Display this message.
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FILES

53       If the installation  is  LSB  compliant,  the  "/etc/lsb-release"  file
54       should contain the LSB_VERSION field.  The value of the field should be
55       a colon separated list of supported module versions indicating the  LSB
56       specification  modules  to  which the installation is compliant. If the
57       installation is not compliant, the above field should not be present.
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59       Optional fields are DISTRIB_ID, DISTRIB_RELEASE, DISTRIB_CODENAME, DIS‐
60       TRIB_DESCRIPTION  and  can  be  used  to  override information which is
61       parsed from the "/etc/distrib-release" file.
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63       If the "/etc/lsb-release.d" directory exists, it is searched for  file‐
64       names  which  are  taken as additional module-version strings to add to
65       LSB_VERSION.
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67       The "/etc/distrib-release" file contains a description  line  which  is
68       parsed  to  get  information (especially on currently non-LSB compliant
69       systems).
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71       The required line style is:
72       "Distributor release x.x (Codename)"
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74       Where Distributor can be a couple of words, but then concatenated (i.e.
75       Linux Foo BarLinux Linux -> FooBarLinux),
76       x.x  starts with a digit followed by any non-blank characters, Codename
77       will also be concatenated (blanks cleanup only).
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79       release may not be used as a  keyword  in  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION  if  you
80       don't want to override "/etc/distrib-release" data.
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82       Notice:  To  support the Debian distributions' lack of information (see
83       "/etc/debian_version" file) some have  been  directly  added  into  the
84       lsb_release script.
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EXAMPLES

87       If the "/etc/lsb-release" file contains:
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89       LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-ia64:core-2.0-noarch"
90       DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="I enjoy using my distrib"
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92       and the "/etc/lsb-release.d" directory contains:
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94       graphics-2.0-ia64    graphics-2.0-noarch
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96       and the "/etc/foobar-release" file contains:
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98       My Linux Distrib release 1.0RC4 (TryIt)
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100       Then the results of various options will be:
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102       $ ./lsb_release --all
103       LSB  Version:    core-2.0-ia64:core-2.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia64:graph‐
104       ics-2.0-noarch
105       Distributor ID: MyDistrib
106       Description:    I enjoy using my distrib
107       Release:        1.0RC4
108       Codename:       TryIt
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110       $ ./lsb_release -a -s
111       1.0 MyDistrib "I enjoy using my distrib" 1.0RC4 TryIt
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113       If the "/etc/lsb-release" file is absent (indicating this is not an LSB
114       compliant distribution), the result will be:
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116       $ ./lsb_release -a
117       LSB Version:    n/a
118       Distributor ID: MyDistrib
119       Description:    My Linux Distrib release 1.0RC4 (TryIt)
120       Release:        1.0RC4
121       Codename:       TryIt
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REPORTING BUGS

124       Report  bugs  at http://bugs.linuxbase.org.  Please include a complete,
125       self contained example that will allow the bug to  be  reproduced,  and
126       say which version of lsb_release you are using.
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129       Copyright © 2000, 2002, 2004 Free Standards Group, Inc.
130       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
131       NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR
132       PURPOSE.
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134       Originally written by Dominique MASSONIE.
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138FSG lsb_release v2.0               May 2019                             FSG(1)
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