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What is the command line to find out what OS you are running on linux?

I initially thought uname -a would do it, but it only lists kernel version.. can someone tell me?

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"uname -a" is the right command, but it is not too helpful in determining which Linux Distro you have. It should at least inform you that you are running Linux and not HP-UX, FreeBSD, SunOS, etc.

As for which distro, Linux does not yet have a great way to do this, but it is moving towards a way. See: http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Admin/release-files.html for a good write-up on the current state of affairs.
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Depends on Linux distribution.

Take a look under /etc for a file named *release*


Code:
ls /etc/*release*
cat /etc/*release*

Not all distributions provide this file.

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What is the command line to find out what OS you are running on linux?

Code:
echo linux
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uname -X
uname -X is one ofthe commands which gives all the operating system variables.

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