Check your Linux or Ubuntu vesion by Command

You can check your Linux/Ubuntu OS versions by following ways.

At first open terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T.

And now type the following command to find your linux or ubuntu version-


cat /etc/lsb-release

It'll run the lsb_release file from this particular directory.


You can do it another way.

Type the following command will provide you the description including OS name & Version-

lsb_release -d


Type the following command will provide you the Codename of your OS-

lsb_release -C


Type the following command will provide you only the version of your OS-

lsb_release -r


Type the following command will provide you All the information available about your OS-

lsb_release -a