How to check the Ubuntu version currently running?

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Run the following command to view the version of the Ubuntu/Linux running on that machine:

cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 9.04 \n \l

In RedHat based systems, you can issue the following command to know the OS release/version:

cat /etc/redhat-release
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (October Update 5)

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