[plug] Which linux is that ?

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Wed Oct 30 09:17:55 WST 2002


On Tuesday 29 October 2002 09:59 pm, Bernard Blackham wrote:
> In most default installs, a "cat /etc/issue" will give you the
> banner string given at the console.

FYI (as-is, not wrapped):

    [user at hostname dir]$ cat /etc/issue
    Mandrake Linux release 9.0 (dolphin) for i586
    Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk on an i686 / \l

The \l turns into your terminal line (tty1 for the first console) on display.

Cheers; Leon



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