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OS Check Commands

Basic Check Commands

# Check detailed OS information
cat /etc/os-release

# Kernel information
uname -a

# Check architecture
arch

By Distribution

Ubuntu/Debian

cat /etc/lsb-release
lsb_release -a

CentOS/RHEL

cat /etc/redhat-release

SUSE

cat /etc/SuSE-release

System Information Check

# System uptime
uptime

# Memory usage
free -h

# Disk usage
df -h

# CPU information
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "model name" | head -1