Get AWS linux system version information

George Tseng
Jul 29, 2022

Use cat command

cat /etc/*-release# Output
NAME="Amazon Linux AMI"
VERSION="2015.09"
ID="amzn"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="2015.09"
PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09"
ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
CPE_NAME="[*not significant*]"
HOME_URL="
http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/"
Amazon Linux AMI release 2015.09

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George Tseng

An application developer with extensive experience and enthusiastic about new tech currently working in IT Department of a manufacture company.