Find your CentOS release Posted on 4 July 2017 by kosmas emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinProblem You would like to know the release of your CentOS server but the cat /etc/issue does not work. Solution Try with the following: Shell cat /etc/centos-release 1 cat /etc/centos-release or with: Shell cat /etc/redhat-release 1 cat /etc/redhat-release