How to find Linux os series?

 
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Old 03-07-2013
How to find Linux os series?

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how to find linux os series
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Old 03-07-2013
Your question makes no sense. Try to restate it in depth.
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Old 03-08-2013
If by "os series" you mean the name of a particular linux distribution, there is no easy way of definitively doing it. You have to write a shell script that checks for and parses various files in /etc to try and determine the name of the distribution.
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Old 03-08-2013
The current version is registered in /etc/redhat-release.

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