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NAME

       lsb_release - print distribution-specific information

SYNOPSIS

       lsb_release [options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and
       distribution-specific information.

       If no options are given, the -v option is assumed.

OPTIONS

       The program follows the  usual  GNU  command  line  syntax,  with  long
       options  starting  with  two  dashes  (‘--’).  A summary of options are
       included below.

       -v, --version
              Show  the  version  of  the  LSB  against  which  your   current
              installation  is compliant.  The version is expressed as a colon
              separated list of LSB module descriptions.

       -i, --id
              Display the distributor’s ID.

       -d, --description
              Display a description of the currently installed distribution.

       -r, --release
              Display  the  release  number   of   the   currently   installed
              distribution.

       -c, --codename
              Display the code name of the currently installed distribution.

       -a, --all
              Display all of the above information.

       -s, --short
              Use the short output format for any information displayed.  This
              format omits the leading header(s).

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

NOTES

       This is a reimplementation of the lsb_release command provided  by  the
       Free  Standards  Group.   Any bugs are solely the responsibility of the
       author below.

       Detection of systems using a mix of packages from various distributions
       or releases is something of a black art; the current heuristic tends to
       assume that the installation is of the earliest distribution  which  is
       still being used by .B apt but that heuristic is subject to error.

SEE ALSO

       lsb(8)

AUTHOR

       Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>.

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