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⚡ TLDR: LSB_RELEASE (tldr-pages)

Get LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information.

Print all available information
lsb_release {{-a|--all}}
Print a description (usually the full name) of the operating system
lsb_release {{-d|--description}}
Print only the operating system name (ID), in short format (omitting the field name)
lsb_release {{-is|--id --short}}
Print the release number and codename of the distribution, in short format
lsb_release {{-rcs|--release --codename --short}}

LSB_RELEASE(1) User Commands LSB_RELEASE(1)

NAME
lsb_release - print distribution-specific information (minimal implementation).

SYNOPSIS
lsb_release [options]

DESCRIPTION
This is a bare-bones version of the lsb_release command, implemented as a tiny POSIX shell
script (less than 100 lines of commented code).

Instead of using LSB packages, this version of lsb_release uses the information in
/etc/os-release and /usr/lib/os-release. Nevertheless, the output of this version is byte-
for-byte compatible with the Python-based version provided by Debian and its derivatives.

Using this implementation it is possible to avoid installing Python in a base OS image while
still retaining compatibility with older scripts that expect lsb_release to exist.

OPTIONS
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two
dashes ("--"). A summary of options are included below.

-h, --help
Show a help message with a list of options 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.

FILES
/usr/lib/os-release
Distribution-provided file with operating system identification data.

/etc/os-release
Machine-specific file with operating system identification data. If present,
/etc/os-release is read instead of /usr/lib/os-release.