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• Example to check operating system from Python script.

from sys import platform
if platform == "linux" or platform == "linux2":
    # Linux.
elif platform == "darwin":
    # OS X.
elif platform == "win32":
    # Windows.
elif platform == "cygwin":
    # Windows' Cygwin.

• I know this from here, [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8220108/how-do-i-check-the-operating-system-in-python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8220108/how-do-i-check-the-operating-system-in-python.