# lsb_release(1) - man - phpman

> **TLDR:** 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}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## 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 compliant.  The
              version is expressed as a colon separated list of LSB module descriptions.

### -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  some‐
       thing  of  a black art; the current heuristic tends to assume that the installation is of the
       earliest distribution which is still being used by **apt** but that heuristic is subject  to  er‐
       ror.

## SEE ALSO
       [lsb(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lsb/8/markdown)

## AUTHOR
       Chris Lawrence <<lawrencc@debian.org>>.



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