How to get OSx release code name, programatically

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Hi There,

I have ran into a very silly, but tired some stage where i am looking for a way to get the Mac OSx release code name at run time. Like for ex: El Capitan, Yosemite..etc

I believe OSx doesn't have any explicit way to check this.

Another way is to check the "uname -r" and then after manually write lines of code and map them against each other:

ifeq ($(OSVER),14)
    OSDESCRIPTION = OS X 10.10 Yosemite
endif
ifeq ($(OSVER),13)
    OSDESCRIPTION = OS X 10.9 Mavericks
endif
ifeq ($(OSVER),12)
    OSDESCRIPTION = OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
endif
ifeq ($(OSVER),11)
    OSDESCRIPTION = OS X 10.7 Lion
endif
ifeq ($(OSVER),10)
    OSDESCRIPTION = OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Can we get the release code name "explicitely" on command line?