Is there a clear command to show the latest installed kernel on the system?
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I'm looking for a command that lists me the latest kernel installed on a (Debian) system. For example grub-mkconfig "somehow" knows what the latest kernel version is. How does it achieve that? I know I can see it by looking but is there a command that can interpret the versions correctly?
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I'm looking for a command that lists me the latest kernel installed on a (Debian) system. For example grub-mkconfig "somehow" knows what the latest kernel version is. How does it achieve that? I know I can see it by looking but is there a command that can interpret the versions correctly?
debian linux-kernel version
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I'm looking for a command that lists me the latest kernel installed on a (Debian) system. For example grub-mkconfig "somehow" knows what the latest kernel version is. How does it achieve that? I know I can see it by looking but is there a command that can interpret the versions correctly?
debian linux-kernel version
edited Feb 1 at 0:21
Jeff Schaller
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asked Jan 31 at 21:23
Ben
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I'm looking for a command that lists me the latest kernel installed on a (Debian) system. For example grub-mkconfig "somehow" knows what the latest kernel version is. How does it achieve that? I know I can see it by looking but is there a command that can interpret the versions correctly?
debian linux-kernel version
edited Feb 1 at 0:21
Jeff Schaller
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asked Jan 31 at 21:23
Ben
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edited Feb 1 at 0:21
Jeff Schaller
31.4k846105
edited Feb 1 at 0:21
Jeff Schaller
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You can use sort -V which is commonly available on Linux systems; it sorts version numbers:
ls /boot/vmlinuz-* | sort -V
or even
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-*
if your ls supports that.
To only see the latest, keep the last line only:
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-* | tail -n 1
That’s pretty much how grub-mkconfig goes about it; see /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib for the details.
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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up vote
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You can use sort -V which is commonly available on Linux systems; it sorts version numbers:
ls /boot/vmlinuz-* | sort -V
or even
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-*
if your ls supports that.
To only see the latest, keep the last line only:
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-* | tail -n 1
That’s pretty much how grub-mkconfig goes about it; see /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib for the details.
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
amazing! thanks
– Ben
Feb 5 at 19:04
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
You can use sort -V which is commonly available on Linux systems; it sorts version numbers:
ls /boot/vmlinuz-* | sort -V
or even
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-*
if your ls supports that.
To only see the latest, keep the last line only:
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-* | tail -n 1
That’s pretty much how grub-mkconfig goes about it; see /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib for the details.
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
amazing! thanks
– Ben
Feb 5 at 19:04
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
You can use sort -V which is commonly available on Linux systems; it sorts version numbers:
ls /boot/vmlinuz-* | sort -V
or even
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-*
if your ls supports that.
To only see the latest, keep the last line only:
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-* | tail -n 1
That’s pretty much how grub-mkconfig goes about it; see /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib for the details.
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
You can use sort -V which is commonly available on Linux systems; it sorts version numbers:
ls /boot/vmlinuz-* | sort -V
or even
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-*
if your ls supports that.
To only see the latest, keep the last line only:
ls -v /boot/vmlinuz-* | tail -n 1
That’s pretty much how grub-mkconfig goes about it; see /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib for the details.
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
edited Feb 1 at 8:21
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
answered Jan 31 at 22:12
Stephen Kitt
142k22308370
142k22308370
amazing! thanks
– Ben
Feb 5 at 19:04
add a comment |Â
amazing! thanks
– Ben
Feb 5 at 19:04
amazing! thanks
– Ben
Feb 5 at 19:04
amazing! thanks
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Feb 5 at 19:04
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