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Displays the current version of Linux OS running on machine, useful for quickly checking VM or Docker image.
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Linux - display version of OS running.md

Get Linux make, version and other info (same as cat /etc/os-release but with broader scope):

$ cat /etc/*release*
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

More concise:

$ uname -a
Linux f1bf36fb7d4f 4.9.60-linuxkit-aufs #1 SMP Mon Nov 6 16:00:12 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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