Fast way to obtain the version of current WSL instance

[CarterLi]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I want to find a fast way to detect the current version of WSL for my project fastfetch.

Describe the solution you'd like

I suggest that wslinfo should introduce a new flag called --wsl-version to print the version of current WSL instance

$ wslinfo --wsl-version
2.2.2.0

Alternately, provide /mnt/wsl/versions.txt which contains the output of wsl.exe --version. We already have /mnt/wslg/versions.txt. WSL can have the same.

Alternately, provide an environment variable called WSL_VERSION

Describe alternatives you've considered

Currently I am using wsl.exe --version. This command costs about 100ms while the whole program costs only 200ms.

Additional context

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Open similar issues:

• Add default version info flag/parameter for wsl command (#5985), similarity score: 0.74
• Provide a means of obtaining WSL version information from inside WSL instance (#9001), similarity score: 0.73

Closed similar issues:

• Publish the runing WSL version (#6577), similarity score: 0.72

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[CarterLi]

/feature

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Diagnostic information

Found '/feature', adding tag 'feature'

[benhillis]

Fixed with https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases/tag/2.2.3.