Check Linux Distributions

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I encounter a problem that check which OS is running in my docker container, or extend it as how to check which OS am I using?

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cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server"
VERSION="7.5 (Maipo)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
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hostnamectl

Static hostname: example.com
        Icon name: computer-vm
          Chassis: vm
       Machine ID: e57cfe9136e9430587366e04f14195e1
          Boot ID: 6ebe05de8b7f43c0bfa36d2c62b702de
   Virtualization: kvm
 Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.5 (Maipo)
      CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:GA:server
           Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64
     Architecture: x86-64

For docker image, you can use docker image inspect command:

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docker image inspect <image name>:<tag> | grep -i "base image"

"org.label-schema.schema-version": "= 1.0  
org.label-schema.name=CentOS Base Image  
org.label-schema.vendor=CentOS
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