On 25 April 2013 13:30, Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 13:04 +0100, Adekoya Adekunle wrote: > >> I want to know the right command to type from a bash shell so that i can > >> 1) Check the version of my cent os > > > > lsb_release -a > > >From the question, he wants to know the version of CentOS, not the LSB > info. > > rpm -q centos-release lsb_release gives the version of CentOS. $ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch Distributor ID: CentOS Description: CentOS release 5.8 (Final) Release: 5.8 Codename: Final Dave... -- Dave Cross :: dave at dave.org.uk http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg