Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 1/29/07, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Linux version 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL_lustre.1.5.97smp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc >> version 3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)) #1 SMP Fri Jan 12 17:22:43 MST >> 2007 >> >> And Alex: >> >> Linux version 2.6.18-3-686 (Debian 2.6.18-7) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc >> version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-20)) #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 >> 16:41:14 UTC 2006 >> >> How about: >> >> $ sed -r 's/.*(gcc version [01234567890\.]+).*/\1/' /proc/version >> gcc version 4.0.3 >> >> I don't like all those backslashes. :) > > That's cool. I think you can still reduce the bracketed part to > [0-9\.]. However, the way it works now is that it prints your kernel > version and the associated gcc version. So, it needs a bit more work. > Oh, and distros often tend to add extra version fields to their > packages with - and _. > > This is what I came up with, which unfortunately is getting long > again. Alexander might be right that `cat /proc/version' is the way to > go. > > $ sed -r 's/.*(Linux version [^ ]+).*(gcc version [^ ()]+).*/\1 \2/' > /proc/version > Linux version 2.6.18.6-7 gcc version 4.0.3 > > And what it does for the Debian system. > $ sed -r 's/.*(Linux version [^ ]+).*(gcc version [^ ()]+).*/\1 \2/' foo > Linux version 2.6.18-3-686 gcc version 4.1.2
Cool. $ sed -r 's/.*(Linux version [^ ]+).*(gcc version [^ ()]+).*/\1 \2/' /proc/version Linux version 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL_lustre.1.5.97smp gcc version 3.4.4 :) OK, I agree with Alex. Lets just do `cat /proc/version' and let it go. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
