{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "DISTRO-INFO",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/DISTRO-INFO/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-22T12:54:33Z",
    "synopsis": "distro-info [OPTIONS]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "distro-info - provides information about the distributions' releases\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "distro-info [OPTIONS]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "distro-info  is  a  symlink  to  the distro-info command for your distribution.  On Debian it\nlinks to debian-distro-info and on Ubuntu it links to ubuntu-distro-info.   All  options  de‐\nscribed  in  this  manual  page are available in all distro-info commands. All other options,\nwhich are not described here, are distribution specific.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "--date=DATE\ndate for calculating the version (default: epoch taken from SOURCEDATEEPOCH environ‐\nment variable if set, otherwise today)\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-h --help",
                    "content": "display help message and exit\n",
                    "flag": "-h",
                    "long": "--help"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-a --all",
                    "content": "list all known versions\n",
                    "flag": "-a",
                    "long": "--all"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-y --days",
                    "content": "display number of days until specified version reaches the specified milestone.  MILE‐\nSTONE may be one of created, release, eol, or eol-server.  If no milestone  is  speci‐\nfied,  assume release.  For options that return a list, display the normal output fol‐\nlowed by whitespace and the number of days until the specified milestone.\n",
                    "flag": "-y",
                    "long": "--days"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d --devel",
                    "content": "latest development version\n\n--series=SERIES\nseries to calculate the version for\n",
                    "flag": "-d",
                    "long": "--devel"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-s --stable",
                    "content": "latest stable version\n",
                    "flag": "-s",
                    "long": "--stable"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--supported",
                    "content": "list of all supported versions, including development releases\n",
                    "long": "--supported"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--unsupported",
                    "content": "list of all unsupported stable versions\n",
                    "long": "--unsupported"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-c --codename",
                    "content": "print the codename (default)\n",
                    "flag": "-c",
                    "long": "--codename"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-r --release",
                    "content": "print the release version\n",
                    "flag": "-r",
                    "long": "--release"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-f --fullname",
                    "content": "print the full name\n",
                    "flag": "-f",
                    "long": "--fullname"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "debian-distro-info(1), ubuntu-distro-info(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "The script and this manual page was written by Benjamin Drung <bdrung@debian.org>.\n\ndistro-info                                  August 2013                              DISTRO-INFO(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "distro-info - provides information about the distributions' releases",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "display help message and exit"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-a",
            "long": "--all",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "list all known versions"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-y",
            "long": "--days",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "display number of days until specified version reaches the specified milestone. MILE‐ STONE may be one of created, release, eol, or eol-server. If no milestone is speci‐ fied, assume release. For options that return a list, display the normal output fol‐ lowed by whitespace and the number of days until the specified milestone."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": "--devel",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "latest development version --series=SERIES series to calculate the version for"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-s",
            "long": "--stable",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "latest stable version"
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--supported",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "list of all supported versions, including development releases"
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--unsupported",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "list of all unsupported stable versions"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": "--codename",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "print the codename (default)"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-r",
            "long": "--release",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "print the release version"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-f",
            "long": "--fullname",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "print the full name"
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "debian-distro-info",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debian-distro-info/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "ubuntu-distro-info",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ubuntu-distro-info/1/json"
        }
    ]
}