Read version and distro?

*or* cat /proc/version will give you more info.


On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 alandd@mindspring.com wrote:

> Is there a command(s) or perhaps a file to read that will tell what kernel and distro verison a Linux box is running? A string that says "RedHat X.X Linux 2.x" or something like that. Or maybe the info comes from two different places. Whatever. How do I get that?
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