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From: bdale@col.hp.com (Bdale Garbee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: how to find HP-UX version?
Message-ID: <2220007@col.hp.com>
Date: 13 Jul 89 22:51:10 GMT
References: <567@parcplace.pplace.COM>
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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>How does one find out the version of an HP-UX system (analogous to
>"strings /vmunix | egrep UNIX" on a SunOS 3.2 machine)?

Use uname(1).  If you do 'uname -a', you'll get something like:

	HP-UX hp-col 6.5 B 9000/350 hp-col

If all you want is the version number, try 'uname -r', which yields:

	6.5

Bdale