Kali Version Info

Linux Kali Linux
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Could someone that uses Kali run this command and reply with the output for me please?
It is harmless and only shows the OS version information.
It is for a project I am working on.

cat /etc/*-release

Or if that command acts stupid or doesn’t work
try this one?

cat etc/os-release

Example output from one of my Debian machines

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="10" VERSION="10 (buster)" VERSION_CODENAME=buster ID=debian

Thanks.

EDIT:
Almost forgot.
Please make sure there is nothing in your reply that could identify you.

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they both have the same outpout
cat /etc/*-release
DISTRIB_ID=Kali
DISTRIB_RELEASE=kali-rolling
DISTRIB_CODENAME=kali-rolling
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=“Kali GNU/Linux Rolling”
PRETTY_NAME=“Kali GNU/Linux Rolling”
NAME=“Kali GNU/Linux”
ID=kali
VERSION=“2019.2”
VERSION_ID=“2019.2”
ID_LIKE=debian
ANSI_COLOR=“1;31”
HOME_URL=“https://www.kali.org/”
SUPPORT_URL=“https://forums.kali.org/”

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Yes I realize that but cat /etc/*-release acts wierd in my script so I wasn’t sure if maybe it would also act oddly for someone else.

Anyway thank you very much.
I would have setup a VM with Kali or ran a live cd but I felt lazy and didn’t want to download everything.

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Glad to help out :smiley: