Snippet for Linux distro detection:
# Check OS and VERSION if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then # freedesktop.org and systemd . /etc/os-release OS=$ID VER=$VERSION_ID elif type lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1; then # linuxbase.org OS=$(lsb_release -si) VER=$(lsb_release -sr) elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then # For some versions of Debian/Ubuntu without lsb_release command . /etc/lsb-release OS=$DISTRIB_ID VER=$DISTRIB_RELEASE elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then # Older Debian/Ubuntu/etc. OS=Debian VER=$(cat /etc/debian_version) elif [ -f /etc/SuSe-release ]; then # Older SuSE/etc. ... elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then # Older Red Hat, CentOS, etc. ... else # Fall back to uname, e.g. "Linux <version>", also works for BSD, etc. OS=$(uname -s) VER=$(uname -r) fi