ver (command)

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The command is available in FLEX, HDOS,{{cite web |title=Software Reference Manual HDOS SYSTEM Chapter 2 General Operations |language=en |publisher=Heath Company|url=http://sebhc.lesbird.com/documentation/software/HDOS-2/HDOS_Reference_Chapter2.pdf |access-date=2020-02-08 |archive-date=2017-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807205702/http://sebhc.lesbird.com/documentation/software/HDOS-2/HDOS_Reference_Chapter2.pdf |url-status=dead }} DOS, FlexOS,[http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf FlexOS™ User's Guide] bitsavers.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925131719/http://bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf |date=2019-09-25 }} SpartaDOS X,{{Cite web |url=http://sdx.atari8.info/sdx_files/4.48/SDX448_User_Guide.pdf |title=SpartaDOS X 4.48 User Guide |access-date=2019-03-17 |archive-date=2021-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010113045/http://sdx.atari8.info/sdx_files/4.48/SDX448_User_Guide.pdf |url-status=live }} 4690 OS,https://archive.org/details/4690OSV6r2UsersGuide/page/n169 {{Dead link|date=February 2022| fix-attempted=yes}} OS/2,{{Cite web |url=http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#VER |title=JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands |access-date=2019-07-21 |archive-date=2019-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php#VER |url-status=dead }} Windows,{{Cite web |url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491028.aspx |title=Microsoft TechNet Ver article |date=11 September 2009 |access-date=2018-04-02 |archive-date=2018-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203082427/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491028.aspx |url-status=live }} and ReactOS.{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/shell/cmd/ver.c|title = Reactos/Reactos|website = GitHub|date = 4 November 2021}} It is also available in the open-source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox, in the KolibriOS Shell{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.kolibrios.org/wiki/Shell|title=Shell - KolibriOS wiki}} and in the EFI shell.{{cite web

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In TSC's FLEX operating system, the VER command is used to display the version number of a utility or program.{{Cite web |url=http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/swflexum.pdf |title=FLEX 9.0 User's Manual |access-date=2019-06-10 |archive-date=2021-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725110201/http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/swflexum.pdf |url-status=live }} In some versions the command is called VERSION.{{Cite web |url=http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/miniflex.pdf |title=FLEX User's Manual (miniFLEX) |access-date=2019-06-10 |archive-date=2021-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725074931/http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/miniflex.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/flex2um.pdf |title=FLEX 2.0 User's Manual |access-date=2019-06-10 |archive-date=2021-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725080616/http://www.flexusergroup.com/flexusergroup/pdfs/flex2um.pdf |url-status=live }}

The command is available in MS-DOS versions 2 and later.{{Cite book|author-last=Wolverton|author-first=Van|title=Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition|date=2003|publisher=Microsoft Press|isbn=0-7356-1812-7}}

MS-DOS versions up to 6.22 typically derive the DOS version from the DOS kernel. This may be different from the string printed on start-up. The argument "/r" can be added to give more information and to list whether DOS is running in the HMA (high memory area).

PC DOS typically derives the version from an internal string in command.com (so PC DOS 6.1 command.com reports the version as 6.10, although the kernel version is 6.00.)

DR DOS 6.0 also includes an implementation of the {{code|ver}} command.{{Cite web |url=https://www.4corn.co.uk/archive/docs/DR%20DOS%206.0%20User%20Guide-opt.pdf |title=DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips |access-date=2019-08-13 |archive-date=2019-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930135943/http://www.4corn.co.uk/archive/ |url-status=live }} DR-DOS reports whatever value the environment variable OSVER reports.

PTS-DOS includes an implementation of this command that can display, modify, and restore the DOS version number.

{{cite web |title=PTS-DOS 2000 Pro User Manual |publisher=Paragon Technology GmbH |location=Buggingen, Germany |date=1999 |url=http://download.paragon-software.com/doc/manual_dos_eng.pdf |access-date=2018-05-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512094512/http://download.paragon-software.com/doc/manual_dos_eng.pdf |archive-date=2018-05-12}}

OS/2 command.com reports an internal string, with the OS/2 version. The underlying kernel here is 5.00, but modified to report x0.xx (where x.xx is the OS/2 version).

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Windows 9x command.com report a string from inside command.com. The build version (e.g. 2222), is also derived from there.

Windows NT command.com reports either the 32-bit processor string (4nt, cmd), or under some loads, MS-DOS 5.00.500, (for all builds). The underlying kernel reports 5.00 or 5.50 depending on the interrupt. MS-DOS 5.00 commands run unmodified on NT.

Microsoft Windows also includes a GUI (Windows dialog) variant of the command called winver, which shows the Service Pack or Windows Update installed (if any) as well as the version. In Windows before Windows for Workgroups 3.11, running winver from DOS reported an embedded string in winver.exe.

Windows also includes the setver command that is used to set the version number that the MS-DOS subsystem (NTVDM) reports to a DOS program.{{Cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490895(v%3dtechnet.10) |title=MS-DOS subsystem commands |access-date=2019-04-21 |archive-date=2019-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413195532/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490895%28v%3dtechnet.10%29 |url-status=live }} This command is not available on Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.{{Cite web |url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490782(v=technet.10) |title=Setver {{!}} Microsoft Docs |date=11 September 2009 |access-date=2019-08-15 |archive-date=2019-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815224731/https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb490782(v%3Dtechnet.10) |url-status=live }}

In DOSBox, the command is used to view and set the reported DOS version. It also displays the running DOSBox version.

The syntax to set the reported DOS version is the following:

VER SET [MINOR]

The parameter MAJOR is the number before the period, and MINOR is what comes after.

Versions can range from 0.0 to 255.255. Any values over 255 will loop from zero. (That is, 256=0, 257=1, 258=2, etc.){{Cite web |url=https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Commands |title=Commands - DOSBoxWiki |access-date=2019-08-14 |archive-date=2019-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814153508/https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Commands |url-status=live }}

AmigaDOS provides a version command. It displays the current version number of the Kickstart and Workbench.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/1988-rugheimer-spanik-amigados-quick-reference|isbn = 9781557550491|title = AmigaDOS quick reference|year = 1988|last1 = Rugheimer|first1 = Hannes| publisher=Abacus }} The DEC OS/8 CCL ver command prints the version numbers of both the OS/8 Keyboard Monitor and CCL."Concise Command Language" (CCL).{{cite web

|url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp8/os8/OS8_Handbook_Apr1974.pdf

|title=OS/8 Handbook |date=April 1974 |access-date=28 November 2017}}

C:\WINDOWS\system32>ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586]

Some versions of MS-DOS support an undocumented /r switch, which will show the revision as well as the version.

The following table lists version numbers from various Microsoft operating systems:{{cite web|url=http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ver.php|title=VER output values|work=robvanderwoude.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gaijin.at/en/infos/windows-version-numbers|title=Windows Version Numbers|work=gaijin.at}}{{Cite web|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724832(v=vs.85).aspx|title = Operating System Version - Win32 apps| date=5 November 2021 }}

:

• Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions
• List of DOS commands
• uname

{{Reflist}}

• {{Cite book|author-last=Wolverton|author-first=Van|title=MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition|date=1990|publisher=Microsoft Press|isbn=978-1556152894}}
• {{Cite book|author1=Kathy Ivens|author2=Brian Proffit|year=1993|title=OS/2 Inside & Out|publisher=Osborne McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0078818714}}
• {{Cite book|first=Æleen|last=Frisch|year=2001|title=Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference|publisher=O'Reilly|isbn=978-0-596-00148-3}}

{{Wikibooks|Guide to Windows Commands}}

• [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ver ver | Microsoft Docs]
• [https://www.windows-commandline.com/find-windows-os-version-from-command/ How to find Windows version, service pack number and edition from CMD]
• [http://thelostartofbatchscript.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-determine-what-version-of.html How to determine what version of Windows you are running in a batch file]

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