Problem
How to check if the running distribution is Oracle Linux or RedHat
Solution
RedHat (RHEL) provides the file /etc/redhat-release , installed by the package redhat-release . Oracle Linux (OL) adds its own file /etc/enterprise-release , installed by enterprise-release , OL 6 adds /etc/oracle-release , installed by oraclelinux-release . As of OL 6, /etc/redhat-release retains the RHEL content.
in RHEL:
my-rhel-server# rpm -qf /etc/redhat-release
redhat-release-server-6Server-6.0.0.37
in OEL:
my-oel-server# rpm -qf /etc/redhat-release
enterprise-release-5-0.0.2
Some other methods :
# cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.18-274.7.1.0.1.el5 (...) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-51))
A bit more reliable seems to be /etc/issue or /etc/issue.net:
# cat /etc/issue.net | head -1
Oracle Linux Server release 5.7
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