[Klug-general] CLI command

[Margot]

Karl Lattimer wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 09:37 +0000, Mike Rentell wrote:
>> G'day all,
>>
>> Could someone help me with the CLI input needed to get the version of 
>> the installed Linux kernel. I thought it was 'version' but that don't 
>> work. I need it for installing the source - on Mandriva you get about 
>> two dozen sources to choose from which is a bit baffling.
> 
> 
> uname -a 
> 
> will give you all you need to know
> 
> K,
> 

Karl's suggestion will give you far *more* than you need to know for 
this purpose. Try

uname -r

This is the shorter version, which just gives you the kernel version 
without all the other irrelevant stuff!

-- 
Margot