lsb_release

Name

lsb_release -- print distribution specific information

Synopsis

lsb_release [OPTION...]

Description

The lsb_release command prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Distribution information.

If no options are given, the -v option is assumed.

Options

-v, --version 

displays version of LSB against which distribution is compliant. The version is expressed as a colon separated list of LSB module descriptions. LSB module descriptions are dash separated tuples containing the module name, version, and architecture name. The output is a single line of text of the following format:

LSB Version:\tListAsDescribedAbove

Note: An implementation may support multiple releases of the same module. Version specific library interfaces, if any, will be selected by the program interpreter, which changes from release to release. Version specific commands and utilities, if any, will be described in the relevant specification.

-i, --id 

displays string id of distributor. The output is a single line of text of the following format:

Distributor ID:\tDistributorID

-d, --description 

displays single line text description of distribution. The output is of the following format:

Description:\tDescription

-r, --release 

displays release number of distribution. The output is a single line of text of the following format:

Release:\tRelease

-c, --codename 

displays codename according to distribution release. The output is a single line of text of the following format.

Codename:\tCodename

-a, --all 

displays all of the above information.

-s, --short 

displays all of the above information in short output format.

-h, --help 

displays a human-readable help message.

Example

The following command will list the LSB Profiles which are currently supported on this platform.

example% lsb_release -v
LSB Version: core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-ia32:graphics-3.0-noarch