Using lsb_release to determine the distribution. It usually comes with

every new Linux distribution, but it has to be installed.

First check is if it is present and if not, aborts with a message.

If present, presents the user with a list of strings that can later be
manipulated.

Author: kekePower

recipes/Bash/576676_How_detect_Linux_distributiinitd/recipe-576676.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+LSB=$( which lsb_release )
+
+if [[ ! ${LSB} ]]; then
+
+	echo "LSB is not installed. Unable to determine your distribution."
+	exit
+
+else
+
+	${LSB} -a | grep -v LSB
+
+fi