# Get Wowza Media Server version from terminal?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/get-wowza-media-server-version-from-terminal/34501>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-wowza-media-server-version-from-terminal/34501 "2011-07-07T17:59:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Tyler\_Kocheran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@Tyler\_Kocheran](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tyler_Kocheran)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-wowza-media-server-version-from-terminal/34501/1 "2011-07-07T17:59:46Z")

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How can I get the Wowza Media Server version number from a terminal on my Linux server? I’d like to automate something in my Bash profile to display the Wowza Version as a part of my prompt.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/get-wowza-media-server-version-from-terminal/34501/2 "2011-07-08T18:18:46Z")

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Probably a better way, but you could do:

```auto
>wget http://[wowza-address]:1935
>cat index.html

```

Richard