Get the version of binutils?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi POD,

> Is there any command available to get the version of binutils?
> 
> All components of binutils have the same version, which is the general
> one.

Andreas is correct.  Theoretically it is possible to install different 
versions of each of the tools (assuming that they have been built 
statically), hence each tool supports its own -v (or --version) switch. 
  But in practice no-one does this, so checking the version of any one 
binutil tool will give you the overall binutils installation version.

Cheers
   Nick