proc_version(5) File Formats Manual proc_version(5) NAME /proc/version - kernel version DESCRIPTION /proc/version This string identifies the kernel version that is currently running. It includes the contents of /proc/sys/kernel/ostype, /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease, and /proc/sys/kernel/version. For example: Linux version 1.0.9 (quinlan@phaze) #1 Sat May 14 01:51:54 EDT 1994 SEE ALSO proc(5) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 proc_version(5)