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If you’re logged into a machine, you may want to know exactly which version of linux you are using.

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Updated: February 18th, 2015

If you’re logged into a machine, you may want to know exactly which version of linux you are using.

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Running this command should print out something like this: CentOS release 6.3 (Final)

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