Some linux commands
Linux Version Information To learn your operating system (OS), and your architecture of OS uname Linux uname -m x86_64 Version of the Linux kernel uname -r 3.10.0-229.el7.x86_64 uname -mr s Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64 Print all information: uname -a Linux *** 4.2.0-27-generic #32~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 15:32:26 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux To see the Linux distribution name and the version number cat /etc/*release or lsb_release -a CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 cat /proc/version Linux version 4.2.0-27-generic (buildd@lcy01-23) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ) #32~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 22 15:32:26 UTC 2016