Sometimes, we want to check which OS a script is running on with Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to check which OS a script is running on with Python.
How to check which OS a script is running on with Python?
To check which OS a script is running on with Python, we can use the os.name property or platform.system method.
For instance, we write:
import os
print(os.name)
And we see 'posix' printed when we run the script in a Unix like OS.
We can get more specific OS info with platform.system and platform.release.
For instance, we write:
import platform
print(platform.system())
print(platform.release())
We call platform.system to get the name of the OS the script is currently running on.
And we call platform.release to get the release info of the OS the script is currently running on.
Therefore, we get something like:
Linux
5.11.0-1021-gcp
printed.
Conclusion
To check which OS a script is running on with Python, we can use the os.name property or platform.system method.
We call platform.system to get the name of the OS the script is currently running on.
And we call platform.release to get the release info of the OS the script is currently running on.
