check ubuntu release version

1. $ cat /etc/issue

jackie@jackie_gnu:/proc$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.10 /n /l

2. $ lsb_release -a

jackie@jackie_gnu:/proc$ lsb_release  -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick

3. $ cat /etc/lsb_release

jackie@jackie_gnu:/proc$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=maverick
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 10.10"