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copied!<p>This code can help you:</p> <pre><code>String[] cmd = { "/bin/sh", "-c", "cat /etc/*-release" }; try { Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd); BufferedReader bri = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( p.getInputStream())); String line = ""; while ((line = bri.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } </code></pre> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p> <p>It if you only need the version try with uname -a </p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p> <p>Some linux distros contain the distro version in the /proc/version file. Here is an example to print them all from java without invoking any SO commands</p> <pre><code>//lists all the files ending with -release in the etc folder File dir = new File("/etc/"); File fileList[] = new File[0]; if(dir.exists()){ fileList = dir.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() { public boolean accept(File dir, String filename) { return filename.endsWith("-release"); } }); } //looks for the version file (not all linux distros) File fileVersion = new File("/proc/version"); if(fileVersion.exists()){ fileList = Arrays.copyOf(fileList,fileList.length+1); fileList[fileList.length-1] = fileVersion; } //prints all the version-related files for (File f : fileList) { try { BufferedReader myReader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(f)); String strLine = null; while ((strLine = myReader.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(strLine); } myReader.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage()); } } </code></pre>

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