How to find which version of Oracle is installed on a Linux server (In terminal) [closed]
As the user running the Oracle Database one can also try $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory
which shows the exact version and patches installed.
For example this is a quick oneliner which should only return the version number:
$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory | awk '/^Oracle Database/ {print $NF}'