lsb release

lsb_release binary included in the lsb-release package.

lsb_release
No LSB modules are available.

lsb_release --help

lsb_release -a 
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release:	22.04
Codename:	jammy

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release:	20.04
Codename:	focal

lsb_release -cs
focal

Related commands

• uname -a
• /etc/issue.net
• cat /etc/*release
• /etc/redhat-release
• /etc/fedora-release
• Amazon Linux: /etc/os-release
• yum install redhat-lsb-core
• hostnamectl | grep Operating System

See also

• lsb_release, lsb_release --help, lsb_release -cs, /etc/*release, /etc/issue, hostnamectl, uname
• uname, uname -m, lsb_release, hostnamectl, sw_vers (macOS), winver, ver, busybox
• APT: wajig, apt-cache, add-apt-repository PPA, apt [ install | remove |purge | show | list | changelog | update | upgrade], do-release-upgrade, apt-mark, apt full-upgrade, sources.list, APT Automatic updates, unattended-upgrade, apt-transport-https, apt-get update, /etc/apt/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades, apt-file, apt-utils