How to find VERSION of UNIX OS

Greg Hunt hunt at dg-rtp.rtp.dg.com
Thu May 23 06:23:52 AEST 1991


In article <1991May22.163628.12135 at njitgw.njit.edu>, madhua at mars.njit.edu (madhu aiyappen ) writes:
> 
> The subject says it - what is the command to find
> the Version and Release of UNIX Operating System
> (other than finding it in /etc/motd)?

Try "uname -a".  You should get the version, release, and several
other tidbits.  Take a look at the man page for uname for more
details (and to make sure your system has a uname command).  Enjoy!

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