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Displaying software versions
I know this should be easy, but Google is not turning up any results:

How can I find out what version of software (like tar and gzip) I have installed on my Sun box?

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Sorry, typed too quickly .... not gzip .... tar and top
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How can I tell what version of tar I have?
I looked through the man pages and google searched, but I can't find any way to display what version of the tar utility I have. (I'm on SunOS 5.8)

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Merged your different threads - please do not make duplicate posts (see the rules ).

As far as finding a version, you can try running strings against the executable to see if the version is placed inside.

$ strings /bin/tar | grep -i version
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