Display LSB (Linux Standard Base) information
LSB stands for Linux Standard Base. The lsb_release command is used to display LSB and specific distribution version information. If used without parameters, it defaults to the -v parameter.
-v, --version Show version information.
-i, --id Show distribution ID.
-d, --description Show distribution description.
-r, --release Show release number of the distribution.
-c, --codename Show distribution codename.
-a, --all Show all of the above information.
-h, --help Show help message.
-s, --short Display short output (supported on RedHat and Fedora).
If the current distribution is LSB compatible, the /etc/lsb-release file (or files in /etc/lsb-release.d/) will contain the LSB_VERSION field. This field's value may be a series of supported module names separated by colons.
The optional fields include DISTRIB_ID, DISTRIB_RELEASE, DISTRIB_CODENAME, and DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION, which can override the content in /etc/distrib-release (where distrib is replaced by the distribution name).
The general format is Distributor release x.x (Codename). Note: Debian systems lack corresponding description information (see /etc/debian-version); to support Debian, most information is added to the lsb-release file.