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Python: Get OS name, platform and release information

Python Basic: Exercise-43 with Solution

Write a Python program to get OS name, platform and release information.

os.name: The name of the operating system dependent module imported. The following names have currently been registered: 'posix', 'nt', 'java'.
platform.system(): Return the name of the OS system is running on.
platform.release(): Return the version of the operating system.

Sample Solution-1:

Python Code:

import platform
import os
print("Name of the operating system:",os.name)
print("\nName of the OS system:",platform.system())
print("\nVersion of the operating system:",platform.release())

Sample Output: 

Name of the operating system: posix

Name of the OS system: Linux

Version of the operating system: 4.4.0-197-generic

Sample Solution-2:

Python Code:

import os
import sys
import platform
import sysconfig
print("os.name                     ", os.name)
print("sys.platform                ", sys.platform)
print("platform.system()           ", platform.system())
print("sysconfig.get_platform()    ", sysconfig.get_platform())
print("platform.machine()          ", platform.machine())
print("platform.architecture()     ", platform.architecture())

Sample Output:

os.name                      posix
sys.platform                 linux
platform.system()            Linux
sysconfig.get_platform()     linux-x86_64
platform.machine()           x86_64
platform.architecture()      ('64bit', 'ELF')

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Python: Tips of the Day

Find current directory and file's directory:

To get the full path to the directory a Python file is contained in, write this in that file:

import os 
dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

(Note that the incantation above won't work if you've already used os.chdir() to change your current working directory, since the value of the __file__ constant is relative to the current working directory and is not changed by an os.chdir() call.)

To get the current working directory use

import os
cwd = os.getcwd()

Documentation references for the modules, constants and functions used above:

  • The os and os.path modules.
  • The __file__ constant
  • os.path.realpath(path) (returns "the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path")
  • os.path.dirname(path) (returns "the directory name of pathname path")
  • os.getcwd() (returns "a string representing the current working directory")
  • os.chdir(path) ("change the current working directory to path")

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