user50821: New lnd version came out recently, but I'm not sure which version I'm running. How can you check? 

user50821: $ lnd --version did the trick.
Output should contain the version plus commit hash
lnd version 0.5.0-beta commit=f4305097e1638f6f8958dfa9eec941d8bf80246e

50821: <p>New lnd version came out recently, but I'm not sure which version I'm running. How can you check? </p>
 50821: <p><code>$ lnd --version</code> did the trick.</p>

<p>Output should contain the version plus commit hash</p>

<p><code>lnd version 0.5.0-beta commit=f4305097e1638f6f8958dfa9eec941d8bf80246e</code></p>
