Get PG primary version without substring manipulation?

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Get PG primary version without substring manipulation?
Date: 2024-06-13 12:52:18
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cut, awk, head, bash, etc are easy enough, but am I overlooking some
intrinsic method of getting just PG's primary version number (9.6 or 14, in
my case) without doing substring manipulation?

$ ssh foo.example.com pg_config --version
PostgreSQL 9.6.24
$ ssh foo.example.com psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 9.6.24
$ psql -h foo.example.com -Xtc "SELECT version();"
PostgreSQL 9.6.24 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.8.5
20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44), 64-bit

$ ssh bar.example.com pg_config --version
PostgreSQL 14.12
$ ssh bar.example.com psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 14.12
$ psql -h bar.example.com -Xtc "SELECT version();"
PostgreSQL 14.12 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 8.5.0
20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-20), 64-bit

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