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Shell Command To Find What Linux Kernel Version Have Installed In Unix Box
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This Post Was Posted On Feb 29, 2008 By pinguin #813

Shell Command To Find What Linux Kernel Version Have Installed In Unix Box by pinguin

today i wanted to find out what kernel version i had installed in my server, i can't believe i cound remember the command to find what version i had installed in my server linux box, but i found it, so just in case anyone outhere is also having the same question i will give you the command.

note, this worked for me, i have fedora core on my server, which i think will also work on red had, centos, but not sure if it will work on other distributions like suse, mandrake or Debian.

Code:

rpm -qa | grep 'kernel'

here are some others, but the one above worked great for me

Code:

$ rpm -q kernel kernel-headers kernel-ibcs kernel-pcmcia-cs kernel-source

kernel-2.0.36-0.7
kernel-headers-2.0.36-0.7
kernel-ibcs-2.0.36-0.7
kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.0.36-0.7
kernel-source-2.0.36-0.7

$ rpm -q mkinitrd SysVinit initscripts

mkinitrd-1.8-3
SysVinit-2.74-5
initscripts-3.78-1

If you have Red Hat Linux 4.2 on your machine, you will need to change the query slightly to reflect name changes in packages that occurred in the Red Hat Linux 5.x series of releases.

Code:

$ rpm -q kernel kernel-headers kernel-source iBCS pcmcia-cs

kernel-2.0.35-0
kernel-headers-2.0.35-0
kernel-modules-2.0.35-0
kernel-source-2.0.35-0
iBCS-2.0-8
pcmcia-cs-2.9.12-0

$ rpm -q mkinitrd SysVinit initscripts

mkinitrd-1.7-1
initscripts-2.96-1
SysVinit-2.64-8

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sushil

#1030 1

hi,this sushil iwant to know how the shell and kernel works in unix operating system

Jan 30, 2008 Reply Report abuse

Deepak

#1029 2

how to find that which os in installed in our pc?

Jan 15, 2008 Reply Report abuse

Madhusudan Sahoo

#1028 3

Give me all commands in UNIX

Feb 26, 2007 Reply Report abuse

lin

#1027 4

this is a great way to how to find what kernel i have thanks

Feb 10, 2007 Reply Report abuse

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