## NAME

lsb_release - print distribution-specific information

## SYNOPSIS

lsb_release [options]

## DESCRIPTION

The lsb_release command provides certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and distribution-specific information.

If no options are given, the -v option is assumed.

## OPTIONS

The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`--'). A summary of options are included below.

-v, --version Show the version of the LSB against which your current installation is compliant. The version is expressed as a colon separated list of LSB module descriptions.

-i, --id Display the distributor's ID.

-d, --description Display a description of the currently installed distribution.

-r, --release Display the release number of the currently installed distribution.

-c, --codename Display the code name of the currently installed distribution.

-a, --all Display all of the above information.

-s, --short Use the short output format for any information displayed. This format omits the leading header(s).

-h, --help Show summary of options.

## NOTES

This is a reimplementation of the lsb_release command provided by the Free Standards Group. Any bugs are solely the responsibility of the author below.

Detection of systems using a mix of packages from various distributions or releases is something of a black art; the current heuristic tends to assume that the installation is of the earliest distribution which is still being used by apt but that heuristic is subject to error.

## SEE ALSO

lsb(8)

## AUTHOR

Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org>.