shell script to get linux version

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#  Author      : Saurabh Gupta                             #
#  Created     : 9:30 AM 23/11/2011                        #
#  shell script to get Linux Version Running               #
#  get linux version  shell script                         #
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#!/bin/bash

echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
echo "XXXXXXX          Retrieving Linux Version Information       XXXXXXX"
echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

CHECK_OS_VERSION=`uname -r | sed -e 's/\./ /g' | awk '{print $4}'`

echo "Your Linux OS Version is = $CHECK_OS_VERSION"

echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

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[sgupta@ivog-ks-200 scripts]$ . ./getOSVersion.sh
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX          Retrieving Linux Version Information       XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Your Linux OS Version is = el5
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
[sgupta@ivog-ks-200 scripts]$ 

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