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how can i know on which flavour of linux i was using through command

It is possible that i should know the flavor of Linux through command-line

if i run the following command

$ uname -s output is

Linux

it just showing "Linux" and but not flavor name of Linux.

Solution

  • Have you tried cat /etc/*-release ?

    Other commands that might work:

    cat /etc/system-release # I believe mostly Red Hat based distro

cat /proc/version