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NAME

       FSG - manual page for FSG lsb_release v2.0

SYNOPSIS

       lsb_release [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       FSG lsb_release v2.0 prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Distribution information.

       With no OPTION specified defaults to -v.

OPTIONS

       -v, --version

	      Display the version of the LSB specification against which the distribution is compliant.

       -i, --id

	      Display the string id of the distributor.

       -d, --description

	      Display the single line text description of the distribution.

       -r, --release

	      Display the release number of the distribution.

       -c, --codename

	      Display the codename according to the distribution release.

       -a, --all

	      Display all of the above information.

       -s, --short

	      Use short output format for information requested by other options (or version if none).

       -h, --help

	      Display this message.

FILES

       If the installation is LSB compliant, the "/etc/lsb-release" file should contain the LSB_VERSION field.	The value of the field should be a
       colon separated list of supported module versions indicating the LSB specification modules to which the installation is compliant.  If  the
       installation is not compliant, the above field should not be present.

       Optional  fields  are  DISTRIB_ID,  DISTRIB_RELEASE, DISTRIB_CODENAME, DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION and can be used to override information which is
       parsed from the "/etc/distrib-release" file.

       If the "/etc/lsb-release.d" directory exists, it is searched for filenames which are taken as additional module-version strings to  add	to
       LSB_VERSION.

       The  "/etc/distrib-release"  file contains a description line which is parsed to get information (especially on currently non-LSB compliant
       systems).

       The required line style is:
       "Distributor release x.x (Codename)"

       Where Distributor can be a couple of words, but then concatenated (i.e. Linux Foo BarLinux Linux -> FooBarLinux),
       x.x starts with a digit followed by any non-blank characters, Codename will also be concatenated (blanks cleanup only).

       release may not be used as a keyword in DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION if you don't want to override "/etc/distrib-release" data.

       Notice: To support the Debian distributions' lack of information (see "/etc/debian_version" file) some have been directly  added  into  the
       lsb_release script.

EXAMPLES

       If the "/etc/lsb-release" file contains:

       LSB_VERSION="core-2.0-ia64:core-2.0-noarch"
       DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="I enjoy using my distrib"

       and the "/etc/lsb-release.d" directory contains:

       graphics-2.0-ia64    graphics-2.0-noarch

       and the "/etc/foobar-release" file contains:

       My Linux Distrib release 1.0RC4 (TryIt)

       Then the results of various options will be:

       $ ./lsb_release --all
       LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia64:core-2.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ia64:graphics-2.0-noarch
       Distributor ID: MyDistrib
       Description:    I enjoy using my distrib
       Release:        1.0RC4
       Codename:       TryIt

       $ ./lsb_release -a -s
       1.0 MyDistrib "I enjoy using my distrib" 1.0RC4 TryIt

       If the "/etc/lsb-release" file is absent (indicating this is not an LSB compliant distribution), the result will be:

       $ ./lsb_release -a
       LSB Version:    n/a
       Distributor ID: MyDistrib
       Description:    My Linux Distrib release 1.0RC4 (TryIt)
       Release:        1.0RC4
       Codename:       TryIt

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs at http://bugs.linuxbase.org.  Please include a complete, self contained example that will allow the bug to be reproduced, and
       say which version of lsb_release you are using.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2004 Free Standards Group, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

       Originally written by Dominique MASSONIE.

FSG lsb_release v2.0						     June 2014								    FSG(1)