ver (command)

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In computing, ver is a command in various DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe and 4DOS/4NT. It prints the name and version of the operating system or the command shell. It is roughly equivalent to the Unix command uname. Some versions of MS-DOS support an undocumented /r switch, which will show the revision as well as the version. The command is also available in the open source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox.

[edit] Examples

[edit] 4DOS

C:\JPSOFT\4DOS>ver

4DOS 7,50 DOS 5,50

[edit] OS/2

[C:\]ver

The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00

[edit] Windows Vista

C:\Users\root>ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

[edit] DOSBox

Z:\>ver

DOSBox version 0.72. Reported DOS version 5.0.

[edit] See also

• List of DOS commands
• List of Unix programs

[edit] References

• Microsoft TechNet Ver article

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