Get the Current Version of Ubuntu via the Command Line

Using the command line, how can you get the current version of Ubuntu on your machine?

Open a terminal window (CTRL+ALT+T shortcut) and execute this command:

lsb_release -d

This will output something similar to this:

Description:    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

You can also list out more information about Ubuntu with this command:

lsb_release -a

This will output something similar to this:

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

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