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 ====== Checking a Slackware Version ====== ====== Checking a Slackware Version ======
  
-To check which version of Slackware we have two means that are widely used and practical, the first is to read the slackware-version file, which is located in the ''/etc/directory''. For this you can run the cat command indicating the input file, or simply open it with your favorite editor.+To check which version of Slackware you are running, we have two means that are widely used and practical, the first is to read the ''slackware-version'' file, which is located in the ''/etc/'' directory. For this you can run the '''cat''' command indicating the input file, or simply open it with your favorite editor.
  
-===== Slackware Version Archive =====+===== Slackware Version file =====
  
 <code> <code>
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-The slackware-version file will also be updated if you upgrade your version. Sure.+The ''slackware-version'' file will also be updated if you upgrade your Slackware, since it is part of the "aaa_base" package. 
  
-===== os-release Archive =====+If the ''slackware-version'' output is appended by a '+' it means that the system is running the Slackware -current (development) version.
  
-The second method is the most complete, there is a file that is present in practically all Linux distributions, say it is a POSIX standard to have this file indicating a lot of basic system information.+<code> 
 +$ cat /etc/slackware-version 
 +Slackware 14.2+ 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +===== os-release file===== 
 + 
 +The second method is the most complete. There is a file containing a lot of basic system information which is present in practically all Linux distributions. IT was first introduced by //systemd//.
  
-This file is called os-release and is also located in ''/etc/''. To make your reading you can use the same methods as above with the cat command or your favorite editor.+This file is called ''os-release'' and is also located in ''/etc/''. To view it, you can use the same methods as above with the cat command or your favorite editor.
  
 <code> <code>
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 <note> <note>
 There is a lot of very valuable information in this file. There is a lot of very valuable information in this file.
-They can be easily used in your Shell script using the source command or. to upload this information.+This information can be easily used in your Shell script using the ''source'' command (also known as the 'dot' command ".").
 A very simple example using bash: A very simple example using bash:
 </note> </note>
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 <code> <code>
 $ source /etc/os-release $ source /etc/os-release
-$ echo "Distribuição: $NAME" +$ echo "Distribution: $NAME" 
-Distribuição: Slackware +Distribution: Slackware 
-$ echo "Versão: $VERSION" +$ echo "Version: $VERSION" 
-Versão: 14.2+Version: 14.2
 $ echo "URL SITE: $HOME_URL" $ echo "URL SITE: $HOME_URL"
 URL SITE: http://slackware.com/ URL SITE: http://slackware.com/
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 Or you can use a more UNIX way of handling things using old rice and beans ... So you can also collect the necessary data. Or you can use a more UNIX way of handling things using old rice and beans ... So you can also collect the necessary data.
-For this we execute a pipeline line storing inside a variable called version as an example.+For this we execute a pipeline command storing the result inside a variable called ''version'' as an example.
  
 <code> <code>
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   * Originally written by [[wiki:user:slackjeff | Slackjeff]]   * Originally written by [[wiki:user:slackjeff | Slackjeff]]
  
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