#!/bin/sh # # This is a simple alternative to /usr/bin/lsb_release which # doesn't require python. # # If /etc/lsb-release exists then we use that to output data # in a compatible format to the original lsb_release utility. # # I consider this script trivial enough to be in the public-domain, # but any patches or suggestsions will be welcome. # # Steve # -- # show_help() { cat << EOF Usage: lsb_release [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -i, --id show distributor ID -d, --description show description of this distribution -r, --release show release number of this distribution -c, --codename show code name of this distribution -a, --all show all of the above information -s, --short show requested information in short format EOF exit 0 } # # Potential command-line options. # all=0 codename=0 description=0 id=0 release=0 short=0 version=0 # # Process each argument, and set the appropriate flag # if we recognize it. # while :; do case $1 in -a|--all) all=1 ;; -c|--codename) codename=1 ;; -d|--description) description=1 ;; -h|--help) show_help break ;; -i|--id) id=1 ;; -r|--release) release=1 ;; -s|--short) short=1 ;; -v|--version) version=1 ;; *) break esac shift done # # Read our variables. # if [ -e /etc/lsb-release ]; then . /etc/lsb-release else echo "/etc/lsb-release is not present. Aborting" >&2 exit 1 fi # # Now output the data - The order of these was chosen to match # what the original lsb_release used, and while I suspect it doesn't # matter I kept it the same. # if [ "$all" = "1" ] || [ "$id" = "1" ]; then if [ "$short" = "0" ]; then printf "Distributor ID:\t" fi echo $DISTRIB_ID fi if [ "$all" = "1" ] || [ "$description" = "1" ]; then if [ "$short" = "0" ]; then printf "Description:\t" fi echo $DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION fi if [ "$all" = "1" ] || [ "$release" = "1" ]; then if [ "$short" = "0" ]; then printf "Release:\t" fi echo $DISTRIB_RELEASE fi if [ "$all" = "1" ] || [ "$codename" = "1" ]; then if [ "$short" = "0" ]; then printf "Codename:\t" fi # # Codename comes from: VERSION="7 (wheezy)" # ver=$(echo $VERSION | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d \(\)) echo "$DISTRIB_CODENAME" fi exit 0