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Issue:

How do I tell what version of Red Hat I have installed on my system?

Resolution:

One way to find your version of Red Hat is to type the following:

cat /etc/redhat-release

Example output could show which product, release, and update you have:

# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 3 (Taroon Update 1)

Another way which will give you more information about your kernel version is to use the uname command with the -a option.

uname -a

Example output will show the hostname, kernel version, and other system information:

# uname -a
Linux server1.example.com 2.4.21-9.0.3.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Apr 20 19:49:13 EDT 2004 
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

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