proc_version(5)

proc_version5

Kernel version

Overview

/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

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.