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How to check Ubuntu Linux version?

How to check the Ubuntu Linux version?

To check the version of Ubuntu Linux you’re running, you can use the following command. The cat command in Linux is used to concatenate and display the file content. It stands for “concatenate” and is often employed for various file content tasks.

Steps

Open Terminal

Issue the following command. You can check the Ubuntu Linux version by viewing the contents of the /etc/os-release file.

The command is:

cat /etc/os-release

This command will display the release code name, Ubuntu version, and other details.

Ubuntu Linux Version

Sample command output

testingdocs@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="24.04"
VERSION="24.04.1 LTS (Noble Numbat)"
VERSION_CODENAME=noble
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=noble
LOGO=ubuntu-logo

Check the Linux Kernel version

To check the Linux kernel version, you can use the following command:

uname -r

 

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