TRY THIS Linux Flavor Checker

[wardmundy]

This snippet seems to work on all non-proprietary Linux flavors and releases including RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux, PIAF, Debian, Ubuntu, and Raspbian.

Haven't tested Hannah Montana yet.

#!/bin/bash
 
flavor=`head -n 1 /etc/issue | cut -f 1 -d " "`
release=`head -n 1 /etc/issue | grep "\n" | cut -f 3 -d " "`
if [ "$release" = "release" ]; then
release=`head -n 1 /etc/issue | grep "\n" | cut -f 4 -d " "`
elif [ "$release" = "\\n" ]; then
release=`head -n 1 /etc/issue | grep "\n" | cut -f 2 -d " "`
elif [ "$release" = "Server" ]; then
release=`head -n 1 /etc/issue | grep "\n" | cut -f 5 -d " "`
elif [ "$release" = "a" ]; then
flavor="PIAF"
release=`head -n 1 /etc/issue | grep "\n" | cut -f 6 -d " "`
fi
if [ "$flavor" = "Debian" -o "$flavor" = "Ubuntu" -o "$flavor" = "Raspbian" ]; then
family="DEB"
else
family="RHEL"
fi
arch=`uname -m`
 
echo "$family: $flavor $release ($arch)"

Building this in preparation for a unified Incredible PBX installer in case you're wondering.

 

[kenn10]

Hmmm. Mine says "PBX a".

 

[wardmundy]

kenn10: Fixed above. Guess we need to support our one and only OS.

But we shifted gears and decided to stick with the name brand Linux flavors rather than rolling our own.