## DESCRIPTION

g.version prints to standard output the GRASS version number, date, the GRASS GIS copyright (-c flag), and GRASS build information (-b flag).

## NOTES

This program requires no command line arguments; the user simply types g.version on the command line to see the version number and date of the GRASS GIS software currently being run by the user.

Information about GRASS GIS core GIS Library can be printed by -r flag.

Version numbers of additional libraries like PROJ.4, GDAL/OGR or GEOS are printed by -e flag.

See also function `version()` from Python Scripting Library.

    import grass.script as gcore

    print gcore.version()

## EXAMPLES

### Basic info

    g.version

    GRASS 7.5.svn (2017)

### GIS Library info

    g.version -r

    GRASS 7.5.svn (2017)
    libgis Revision: 70829
    libgis Date: 2017-04-04 09:43:02 +0200 (Tue, 04 Apr 2017)

### Full info in shell script style

    g.version -rge

    version=7.5.svn
    date=2017
    revision=r71702M
    build_date=2017-11-12
    build_platform=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
    build_off_t_size=8
    libgis_revision=70829
    libgis_date="2017-04-04 09:43:02 +0200 (Tue, 04 Apr 2017) "
    proj4=4.9.3
    gdal=2.1.3
    geos=3.6.1
    sqlite=3.20.1

## Citing GRASS GIS

The GRASS Development Team has invested significant time and effort in creating GRASS GIS, please cite it when using it for data analysis. The GRASS GIS Web site offers citations in different styles.

## AUTHORS

Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Extended info by Martin Landa, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

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