Version index

These are some of my notes on to find the version of applications or operating systems.

Applications

I often need to find out what version of an application is installed on the system.

Application	Command	Example Command Output
Ansible	/usr/bin/ansible --version	ansible 2.9.27
Apache HTTP	httpd -v httpd -M - for modules more detail	Server version: Apache/2.4.54 (Unix)
Apache Tomcat	sh version.sh svcs -lp tomcat (Solaris)
AWS CLI	/usr/local/bin/aws --version	aws-cli/2.7.10 Python/3.9.11 Linux/3.10.0-1160.83.1.el7.x86_64 exe/x86_64.rhel.7 prompt/off
Firefox	firefox -v firefox -version	Mozilla Firefox 102.3.0esr
GIT	git --verson
Ipmitool	ipmitool -V
Java	java -version java -fullversion rpm -qa | grep '(jre | jdk)'	java version "1.8.0_345" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-b31) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b31, mixed mode)
Nessus	/opt/nessus/bin/nessus -v /opt/nessus/sbin/nessuscli -v	nasl 19.3.0 Nessus 10.3.0 [build 20080] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2022 Tenable, Inc.
NetBackup	cat /usr/openv/netbackup/version	HARDWARE SOLARIS VERSION NetBackup 7.7.2 RELEASEDATE Mon Jan 11 17:03:15 CST 2016 BUILDNUMBER 20160111
OpenSSL	openssl version openssl version -a	OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013
Perl	perl -v perl -version	This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi
PHP	php -v	PHP 5.6.21 (cli) (built: May  3 2016 11:42:53) Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
Postfix	rpm -qf /etc/postfix	postfix-2.6.6-8.el6.x86_64
Nessus Network Monitor (Formerly PVS)	/opt/pvs/bin/pvs -v	PVS 5.2.0 Build ID: 201612081 (C) 2003-2016 Tenable Network Security
Python	python -V python --version	Python 2.7.5
Splunk	cat /opt/splunk/README-splunk.txt	Splunk 8.2.9
SSH	ssh -V	OpenSSH_7.4p1, OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips 26 Jan 2017
Tenable.sc (SecurityCenter)	rpm -qf /etc/default/SecurityCenter	SecurityCenter-5.22.0-37.el7.x86_64

Shells

Shell	Command	Command Output
BASH	bash -version bash --version	GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
sh	sh -version	GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin14) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
csh	echo $version csh --version	tcsh 6.17.00 (Astron) 2009-07-10 (x86_64-unknown-linux) options wide,nls,dl,al,kan,sm,rh,color,filec
tcsh	echo $version tcsh --version	tcsh 6.17.00 (Astron) 2009-07-10 (x86_64-unknown-linux) options wide,nls,dl,al,kan,sm,rh,color,filec

OS

Shell	Command	Command Output
Linux	lsb_release -r	Release:        6.9
RHEL	cat /etc/redhat-release	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 (Santiago)
SLES	cat /etc/SuSE-release	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) VERSION = 11 PATCHLEVEL = 4
Solaris	cat /etc/release	Solaris 10 10/09 s10s_u8wos_08a SPARC Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Assembled 16 September 2009

Hardware

Shell	Command	Command Output
ILOM	-> version	SP firmware 3.2.1.5.c SP firmware build number: 83184 SP firmware date: Sun Sep 15 10:00:58 PDT 2013 SP filesystem version: 0.2.7

If you know of any other ways to check the version of a program. Post them below.