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Bug 2002298

Summary:	Request for information to find the RHEL OS version
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	JVisu <vvvjjj0>
Component:	redhat-release	Assignee:	Release Engineering Bug Triage <releng-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.0	CC:	lisas, pzatko
Target Milestone:	rc	Flags:	pm-rhel: mirror+
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Description JVisu 2021-09-08 13:36:09 UTC

Description of problem:
How can I find the RHEL OS version which can be used in any RHEL OS.
I'm looking for a  command which should tell the RHEL OS version which is available in all the RHEL OS version.

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Comment 1 Petr Zatko 2021-09-09 07:34:20 UTC

(In reply to JVisu from comment #0)

Hello JVisu,

> How can I find the RHEL OS version which can be used in any RHEL OS.
> I'm looking for a  command which should tell the RHEL OS version which is
> available in all the RHEL OS version.

If I understand correctly, then what you are seeking can be found in /etc/os-release and you can simply use for example cat/grep to find the information.

Comment 2 JVisu 2021-09-09 13:18:49 UTC

Hi Petr Zatko,

Thanks for the quick update.

I'm looking for that information only.

Want to know if Red Hat recommends using /etc/os-release file or hostnamectl command to find the Red Hat version.

Thanks again.

Regards
J.Visu

Comment 3 Petr Zatko 2021-09-10 13:02:50 UTC

Hi J. Visu,

both are fine, /etc/os-release is the source of truth provided by the redhat-release package and should be also source of information for hostnamectl so you can use what suits your use case better.

Comment 4 JVisu 2021-09-11 06:39:32 UTC

Hi Petr Zatko,

Thanks for the confirmation.

Please close the issue.

Regards
J.Visu

Comment 5 Petr Zatko 2021-09-13 07:45:32 UTC

Happy to help.

Closing as per comment 4.