NAME

       lsb_release - print distribution-specific information (minimal implementation).

SYNOPSIS

       lsb_release [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This is a bare-bones version of the lsb_release command, implemented as a tiny POSIX shell script (less
       than 100 lines of commented code).

       Instead of using LSB packages, this version of lsb_release uses the information in /etc/os-release and
       /usr/lib/os-release.  Nevertheless, the output of this version is byte-for-byte compatible with the
       Python-based version provided by Debian and its derivatives.

       Using this implementation it is possible to avoid installing Python in a base OS image while still
       retaining compatibility with older scripts that expect lsb_release to exist.

OPTIONS

       The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ("--").
       A summary of options are included below.

       -h, --help
           Show a help message with a list of options and exit.

       -v, --version
           Show LSB modules this system supports.

       -i, --id
           Show distributor ID.

       -d, --description
           Show description of this distribution.

       -r, --release
           Show release number of this distribution.

       -c, --codename
           Show code name of this distribution.

       -a, --all
           Show all of the above information.

       -s, --short
           Show requested information in short format.

FILES

       /usr/lib/os-release
           Distribution-provided file with operating system identification data.

       /etc/os-release
           Machine-specific file with operating system identification data.  If present, /etc/os-release is read
           instead of /usr/lib/os-release.

SEE ALSO

       os-release(5)

AUTHOR

       Gioele Barabucci <https://gioele.io>

LICENSE

       This implementation of lsb_release is free software released under the terms of the ISC license.

lsb_release 12.0                                   2023-07-05                                     LSB_RELEASE(1)