You can use the lsb_release
command on various Linux distributions:
lsb_release -i -r
This will tell you the Distribution and Version and is a little bit more accurate than accessing files that may or may not have been modified by the admin or a software package. As well as working across multiple distros.
For RHEL, you should use:
cat /etc/redhat-release
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