Each different model of Raspberry Pi has a unique revision code. It is hexadecimal number which can be used to identify Raspberry Pi model and manufacturer. For example, Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (8 GB) manufactured by Sony UK has d03114 revision code.
This tutorial shows how to get revision code of Raspberry Pi.
/proc/cpuinfo file
The /proc/cpuinfo
file holds information about the CPUs. It can be used to identify revision code of Raspberry Pi.
cat /proc/cpuinfo
Example of a part of the output:
processor : 0
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 108.00
.......
Hardware : BCM2711
Revision : d03114
Serial : 100000007184bc7e
Model : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4
Command to get only revision code:
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Revision | cut -d ' ' -f 2
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