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edited Dec 27, 2013 at 10:30

This script works on Debian, (may need some tweak on Ubuntu)

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Finding Debian/ Ubuntu Codename..."

CODENAME=`cat /etc/*-release | grep "VERSION=""VERSION="`
CODENAME=${CODENAME##*\(}
CODENAME=${CODENAME%%\)*}

echo "$CODENAME"
# => saucy, precise, lucid, wheezy, squeeze

This script works on Debian, (may need some tweak on Ubuntu)

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Finding Debian/ Ubuntu Codename..."

CODENAME=`cat /etc/*-release | grep "VERSION="
CODENAME=${CODENAME##*\(}
CODENAME=${CODENAME%%\)*}

echo "$CODENAME"
# => saucy, precise, lucid, wheezy, squeeze

This script works on Debian, (may need some tweak on Ubuntu)

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Finding Debian/ Ubuntu Codename..."

CODENAME=`cat /etc/*-release | grep "VERSION="`
CODENAME=${CODENAME##*\(}
CODENAME=${CODENAME%%\)*}

echo "$CODENAME"
# => saucy, precise, lucid, wheezy, squeeze

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answered Nov 17, 2013 at 9:26

user9869932

This script works on Debian, (may need some tweak on Ubuntu)

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Finding Debian/ Ubuntu Codename..."

CODENAME=`cat /etc/*-release | grep "VERSION="
CODENAME=${CODENAME##*\(}
CODENAME=${CODENAME%%\)*}

echo "$CODENAME"
# => saucy, precise, lucid, wheezy, squeeze