Determining linux distribution

[Jason Shein]

On April 17, 2005 06:02 pm, Austin wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 13:49 -0400, Stephen Allen wrote:
> > Wouldn't 'uname -a' return the desired info ?
>
> Barely.
>
> [austin at localhost ~]$ uname -a
> Linux localhost 2.6.10-3.mm.17mdk #1 Sun Apr 3 22:37:03 CEST 2005 i686
> AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ unknown GNU/Linux
>
> The suffix "mdk" on the kernel version indicates Mandrakelinux, but
> that's a bit cryptic.  Most distros have a version tag in /etc.
>
> [austin at localhost ~]$ cat /etc/mandrake-release
> Mandrakelinux release 10.2 (Cooker) for i586
>
> A bit more verbose I'd say...
>
> Austin
>
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This will work

cat /etc/*-release

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