oslevel Command

Commands Reference, Volume 4

oslevel Command

Purpose

Reports the latest installed maintenance level of the system.

Syntax

oslevel [ -l Level | -g | -q ]

Description

The oslevel command reports the level of the operating system using a subset of all filesets installed on your system. These filesets include the Base Operating System (BOS), base devices, base printers, and X11 2d.

The oslevel command also prints information about maintenance levels, including which filesets are not at a specified maintenance level.

Flags

-l Level	Lists filesets at levels earlier than maintenance level specified by the Level parameter.
-g	Lists filesets at levels later than the current maintenance level.
-q	Lists names of known maintenance levels that can be specified using the -l flag.

Examples

To determine the AIX maintenance level of the system, enter:
```
oslevel
```
To determine the filesets that are below level 4.1.2.0, enter:
```
oslevel -l 4.1.2.0
```
To determine the filesets at levels later than the current AIX maintenance level, enter:
```
oslevel -g
```

Files

/usr/bin/oslevel

Contains the oslevel command.

Related Information

The lslpp command.