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11 questions linked to/from How can I reliably get the operating system's name?
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How can I determine the OS within .bash_profile? [duplicate]
On my main machine, a MacBook Pro, I have a .bash_profile file that I'd like to use unaltered on my Dreamhost linux machine. However, there's a few lines that are only applicable to macOS, such as ...
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Linux Operating System and Version, Regardless of Distibution [duplicate]
I would like to know a linux command that can tell me the operating system and version regardless of what distribution I am using as it seems different distributions have a different way of doing this....
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What Linux distro is the following one? [duplicate]
I have to find out which Linux distribution is running on a server. From uname -a I have the following output:
$ uname -a
Linux lvmfacelifttap2b 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP SUn Dec 11 12:25:18 ...
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How can I get distribution name and version number in a simple shell script?
I'm working on a simple bash script that should be able to run on Ubuntu and CentOS distributions (support for Debian and Fedora/RHEL would be a plus) and I need to know the name and version of the ...
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How can I tell what version of Linux I'm using?
Often times I will ssh into a new client's box to make changes to their website configuration without knowing much about the server configuration. I have seen a few ways to get information about the ...
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On what Linux distributions can I rely on the presence of /etc/os-release?
I'm trying to find a way to determine Linux distribution name and version that would work on most (or ideally, all) modern distributions. I noticed that /etc/os-release contains the info I need on the ...
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How to inspect group permissions of a file
I would like to inspect group permissions of a file from a bash script. Specifically, I need to check whether a file has the group writeable bit on.
That's it. Simple as that. However:
I also need ...
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porting install scripts : can rpm replace apt?
I have the following install script for ubuntu :
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo apt install jq
sudo apt autoclean -y
sudo apt autoremove
will the following work under ...
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Shell script testing through terminal simulation
I am developing a generic bash script which could be executed in different distro.
I have only a CentOS virtual machine and I would be interested to test my script on a virtual terminal (online or ...
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How to get only one character after match in string (to determine RHEL version from rpm)
I have an open source shell/bash script for setting up and configuring hosting servers, and to install cloudflare I am pulling the version of RHEL using this command:
RHEL_VERSION=$(rpm -q --qf "%{...
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How can I get my Linux distribution name and version using the command line ? [duplicate]
I have Linux Mint Version 7.1 Rebecca. What do I need to write in the command line in order to find this information. I tried uname -a , but I got informations about my computer name, Kernel Version ...
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