On Wed 27 Jun 2018 at 19:49:13 (+0200), Martin Krämer wrote: > I am wondering if it is possible to get the debian release number > for debian testing (and maybe sid) from command line?
Yes. # cat > /etc/debian_version Write whatever you want here ^D Job done. (That's a control-D.) Whether it's advisable to depend on its being numerical is a different matter. Cheers, David.