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| From | Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.linux, alt.os.linux, uk.comp.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc |
| Date | 2018-10-01 20:42 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <pottac$1g3b$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | <potnmf$15oq$1@gioia.aioe.org> <potsb2$1e8q$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 01/10/2018 20:25, Java Jive wrote:
>
> As per subject, the usual methods of determining the distro don't give
> very useful info. I can work out the release easily enough ...
>
> RELEASE="$(lsb_release -r -s | awk -F '.' '{print $1}')"
>
> ... but differentiating between Ubuntu and, say, XUbuntu, is not easy,
> and this makes it very difficult to write a script that customises the
> login screen, etc:
This seems to work:
DISTRO="$(grep -i cdrom /etc/apt/sources.list | sed -r
's~^#deb\s+cdrom:\[([A-Za-z]+)\s+.*$~\1~')"
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How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2018-10-01 19:06 +0100
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2018-10-01 18:27 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2018-10-01 20:25 +0100
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2018-10-01 20:42 +0100
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2018-10-01 21:50 +0200
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Jasen Betts <jasen@xnet.co.nz> - 2018-10-01 19:51 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2018-10-02 10:25 +0100
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2018-10-02 10:44 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc J G Miller <miller@yoyo.org> - 2018-12-28 22:04 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2018-12-29 01:13 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-12-29 03:54 +0100
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2019-02-08 18:53 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-08 11:20 -0800
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-08 12:15 -0800
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2019-02-08 20:54 +0000
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-02-08 13:02 -0800
Re: How, in a script, to differentiate between Ubuntu and XUbuntu, LUbuntu, etc "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-02-09 05:43 +0100
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