You can see the kernel version by typing uname -r .

It’ll be 2.6.something.

That is the release version of RHEL, or at least the release of RHEL from which the package supplying /etc/redhat-release was installed.

How do I find the Linux version?

Check os version in Linux

• Open the terminal application (bash shell)
• For remote server login using the ssh: ssh [email protected]
• Type any one of the following command to find os name and version in Linux: cat /etc/os-release. lsb_release -a. hostnamectl.
• Type the following command to find Linux kernel version: uname -r.

How do I find my Redhat OS version?

You can execute cat /etc/redhat-release to check the Red Hat Linux (RH) version if you use an RH-based OS. Another solution that may work on any linux distributions is lsb_release -a . And the uname -a command shows the kernel version and other things. Also cat /etc/issue.net shows your OS version