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Hi ,

what is the command to find the version of OS running on a unix box?

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Look around /proc for a file aptly names kernel. Cat it

...of course, your box may be configured differently than mine.
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I don't have that file in /proc. all the files in that directory are accessible only with root permission
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Code:
uname -a
should work.
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yeah its working. Thanx a lot...
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