{"id":74,"date":"2011-03-25T08:08:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T08:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixert.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2011-08-11T06:08:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T06:08:26","slug":"how-to-find-centos-or-redhat-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixert.com\/blog\/how-to-find-centos-or-redhat-version\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find CentOS or RedHat version?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most Red Hat-based distributions, like CentOS, should have a file called redhat-release which will contain the CentOS version<\/p>\n

Run the following to see what version running on your system<\/p>\n

tail \/etc\/redhat-release<\/pre>\n
or<\/p>\n
cat \/etc\/redhat-release<\/pre>\n
or<\/p>\n
cat \/etc\/*release*<\/pre>\n
or<\/p>\n
rpm -q centos-release<\/pre>\n
Using your redhat-release file, you can find your distribution, version and  update number. This information is very helpful for technical support staff as  well as knowing if you are up to date with the latest patches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Most Red Hat-based distributions, like CentOS, should have a file called redhat-release which will contain the CentOS version Run the following to see what version running on your system tail \/etc\/redhat-release or cat \/etc\/redhat-release or cat \/etc\/*release* or rpm -q centos-release Using your redhat-release file, you can find your distribution, version and update number. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-centos","tag-centos-2","tag-linux"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1pvi1-1c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/pixert.com\/blog\/compress-files-with-gzip-and-zip-in-centos\/","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":0},"title":"Compress files with Gzip and Zip in CentOS","author":"Pixel Insert \/ Pixert","date":"March 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Gzip Type the following command to compress a file at a shell prompt [bash]gzip filename.ext[\/bash] -> The file will be compressed and saved as filename.ext.gz Type the following command to expand a compressed file [bash]<\/code>gunzip filename.ext.gz<\/code>[\/bash] -> The filename.ext.gz is deleted and replaced with filename.ext Type the following command to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "CentOS"","block_context":{"text":"CentOS","link":"https:\/\/pixert.com\/blog\/category\/centos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pixert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/centos.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":53,"url":"https:\/\/pixert.com\/blog\/how-to-check-what-php-version-running-on-linux\/","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":1},"title":"How to check what PHP version running on Linux?","author":"Pixel Insert \/ Pixert","date":"March 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It's very simple to check PHP version 1. 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