How to get the cuda version?

Question

Is there any quick command or script to check for the version of CUDA installed?

I found the manual of 4.0 under the installation directory but I\'m not sure whether

Answer 1

Apart from the ones mentioned above, your CUDA installations path (if not changed during setup) typically contains the version number

doing a which nvcc should give the path and that will give you the version

PS: This is a quick and dirty way, the above answers are more elegant and will result in the right version with considerable effort