How do I check the operating system in Python?

Question

I want to check the operating system (on the computer where the script runs).

I know I can use os.system(\'uname -o\') in Linux, but it gives me a messa

Answer 1

You can get a pretty coarse idea of the OS you're using by checking sys.platform.

Once you have that information you can use it to determine if calling something like os.uname() is appropriate to gather more specific information. You could also use something like Python System Information on unix-like OSes, or pywin32 for Windows.

There's also psutil if you want to do more in-depth inspection without wanting to care about the OS.