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Detect debian operating system
#!/bin/bash
# Try and get debian operating system
# id, codename, and release
get_debian_os_meta() {
OS=$(uname)
ID="unknown"
CODENAME="unknown"
RELEASE="unknown"
if [ "$OS" == "Linux" ]; then
# could be debian or ubuntu
if [ $(which lsb_release) ]; then
ID=$(lsb_release -i | cut -f2)
CODENAME=$(lsb_release -c | cut -f2)
RELEASE=$(lsb_release -r | cut -f2)
elif [ -f "/etc/lsb-release" ]; then
ID=$(cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DISTRIB_ID | cut -d "=" -f2)
CODENAME=$(cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DISTRIB_CODENAME | cut -d "=" -f2)
RELEASE=$(cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DISTRIB_RELEASE | cut -d "=" -f2)
elif [ -f "/etc/issue" ]; then
ID=$(head -1 /etc/issue | cut -d " " -f1)
if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]; then
RELEASE=$(</etc/debian_version)
else
RELEASE=$(head -1 /etc/issue | cut -d " " -f2)
fi
fi
fi
# lower case the names in a solid way
# can't assume bash 4.0 syntax
ID=$(echo "$ID" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
CODENAME=$(echo "$CODENAME" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
RELEASE=$(echo "$RELEASE" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
echo -e "ID\t$ID"
echo -e "CODENAME\t$CODENAME"
echo -e "RELEASE\t$RELEASE"
}
get_debian_os_meta
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