diff --git a/scripts/detect-os.sh b/scripts/detect-os.sh
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+dist_ver=$(grep --color=never -Po "^VERSION_ID=\K.*" "/etc/os-release")
+dist=$(grep --color=never -Po "^ID=\K.*" "/etc/os-release")
+
+echo "input: $dist $dist_ver"
+
+if [[ "${dist}" == *"ubuntu"* ]] && [[ "${dist_ver}" == *"18.04"* ]]; then
+ echo "Ubuntu 18.04 Detected"
+ shortdist=ubu1804
+elif [[ "${dist}" == *"ubuntu"* ]] && [[ "${dist_ver}" == *"20.04"* ]]; then
+ echo "Ubuntu 20.04 Detected"
+ shortdist=ubu2004 
+elif [[ "${dist}" == *"debian"* ]]&& [[ "${dist_ver}" == *"10"* ]]; then
+ echo "Debian 10 Detected"
+ shortdist=deb10 
+elif [[ "${dist}" == *"centos"* ]] && [[ "${dist_ver}" == *"8"* ]]; then
+ echo "Centos 8 Detected"
+ shortdist=cent10 
+else
+ echo "This OS in not supported"
+fi
+
+unset dist_ver
+unset dist