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 we can use the command uname with a few switches to get OS and Kernel information:
     uname -a
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+This displays the Kernel version as well as OS version, albeit a slightly cryptic way of reporting the OS version.
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 Linux controller 4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 9 06:28:28 EST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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     uname -or
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+uname -<color #ed1c24>or</color> where the <color #ed1c24>o</color> is the operating system name and the <color #ed1c24>r</color> is the release.
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 We can also use the cat command to display the contents of /proc/version, use the following command for this:
     cat /proc/version
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+This gives both the Kernel version and the OS release version.
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 Linux version 4.18.0-348.el8.x86_64 (mockbuild@koji.corp.cloudlinux.com) (gcc version 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-3) (GCC)) #1 SMP Tue Nov 9 06:28:28 EST 2021