diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/flash/inplace-gbmc-update/inplace-gbmc-version.sh b/meta-google/recipes-phosphor/flash/inplace-gbmc-update/inplace-gbmc-version.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | sed 's,.*-\([^-]*\),\1,g' | tr -d '\n'#!/bin/bash