VER(1) BSD VER(1) NAME ver - change the version of shell commands SYNOPSIS ver ver systype ver systype command DESCRIPTION ver changes, temporarily or permanently, the UNIX version of commands that are executed by the shell. The command also displays the version in use. The first form of ver (without arguments), displays the current value of the SYSTYPE variable, which specifies the UNIX version of commands executed by the shell. The second form allows you to set the UNIX version to the specified systype. Valid systype values are sys5.3 and bsd4.3. The third form of ver causes the UNIX version of command specified by systype to be executed, with no permanent change to SYSTYPE's value. SEE ALSO systype(1)