lsb_release − print distribution−specific information (minimal implementation).
lsb_release [options]
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.
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.
/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.
os−release(5)
Gioele Barabucci <https://gioele.io>
This implementation of lsb_release is free software released under the terms of the ISC license.