lsb_release(1)                     General Commands Manual                    lsb_release(1)

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 compli‐
              ant.  The version is expressed as a colon separated list  of  LSB  module  de‐
              scriptions.

       -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 installa‐
       tion  is  of  the  earliest  distribution  which  is still being used by apt but that
       heuristic is subject to error.

SEE ALSO
       lsb(8)

AUTHOR
       Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>.

                                                                              lsb_release(1)

Usage: lsb_release [options]

Options:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -v, --version      show LSB modules this system supports
  -i, --id           show distributor ID
  -d, --description  show description of this distribution
  -r, --release      show release number of this distribution
  -c, --codename     show code name of this distribution
  -a, --all          show all of the above information
  -s, --short        show requested information in short format