shell script to get kernel version

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## Name    :    get-kernel-version.sh
## Author  :    Saurabh Gupta
## Date    :    AM 09:25 14 October 2011
## Desc    :    retrieves the kernel version of the linux
## Source  :    http://ccplusplus.com/p/shell-scipt.html
## Note    :
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echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
echo "XXXXXXX          Retrieving the Kernel Information          XXXXXXX"
echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

version=`uname -r | awk -F. '{ printf("%d.%d.%d\n",$1,$2,$3); }'`
echo " "
printf "Kernel Version : %s\n" $version
echo " "echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"