ck-distro.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Detects which OS and if it is Linux then it will detect which Linux distro is running.

OS=$(uname -s)
REV=$(uname -r)
MACH=$(uname -m)

GetVersionFromFile()
{
	VERSION=$(cat "$1" | tr "\n" ' ' | sed s/.*VERSION.*=\ // )
}

if [ "${OS}" = "SunOS" ] ; then
	OS=Solaris
	ARCH=$(uname -p)	
	OSSTR="${OS} ${REV}(${ARCH} $(uname -v))"
elif [ "${OS}" = "AIX" ] ; then
	OSSTR="${OS} $(oslevel) ($(oslevel -r))"
elif [ "${OS}" = "Linux" ] ; then
	KERNEL=$(uname -r)
	if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] ; then
		DIST='RedHat'
		PSUEDONAME=$(cat /etc/redhat-release | sed s/.*\(// | sed s/\)//)
		REV=$(cat /etc/redhat-release | sed s/.*release\ // | sed s/\ .*//)
	elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ] ; then
		DIST=$(cat /etc/SuSE-release | tr "\n" ' '| sed s/VERSION.*//)
		REV=$(cat /etc/SuSE-release | tr "\n" ' ' | sed s/.*=\ //)
	elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release ]; then
	    DIST=""
	    REV=$(cat /etc/lsb-release |grep DISTRIB_DESC | grep -Eo '["\047].*["\047]')

	elif [ -f /etc/mandrake-release ] ; then
		DIST='Mandrake'
		PSUEDONAME=$(cat /etc/mandrake-release | sed s/.*\(// | sed s/\)//)
		REV=$(cat /etc/mandrake-release | sed s/.*release\ // | sed s/\ .*//)
	elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ] ; then
		DIST="Debian $(cat /etc/debian_version)"
		REV=""

	fi
	if [ -f /etc/UnitedLinux-release ] ; then
		DIST="${DIST}[$(cat /etc/UnitedLinux-release | tr "\n" ' ' | sed s/VERSION.*//)]"
	fi
	
	OSSTR="${DIST} ${REV}(${PSUEDONAME} ${KERNEL} ${MACH})"

fi

echo "${OSSTR}"