How to check JasperReports Server version from command line?

Issue

In some cases you may need to find out the version of a deployed JasperReports Server via shell or command line.

Solution

You can find your JasperReports Server verison in WEB-INF/Internal.

Community Edition

<js-install>/WEB-INF/internal/jasperserver.properties

PRO edition

<js-install>/WEB-INF/internal/jasperserver-pro.properties

Examples

On Linux, if Apache Tomcat is installed in /opt/tomcat/, the path to these files would be:

/apache-tomcat-7.0.29/webapps/jasperserver-pro-501/WEB-INF/internal

On Windows, it can be something like this:

C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\jasperserver-pro\WEB-INF\internal\