Check if running in Windows Command Prompt vs Cygwin python

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Is there a way to check if my python script is running in Windows Command Prompt, vs Cygwin? Using os.name doesn't work because Cygwin on Windows still returns "nt". I want to check the command prompt's name or type from a shell script so I can differentiate between Command Prompt and Cygwin.

Ops, I mean Python: Cygwin installs its own python executable, so scripts running inside a Cygwin terminal will probably use that. What python executable is used by your scripts running inside a Windows command prompt? If you make them use a different one, possibly a slightly different version, you could check the version and know which environment you are in. — simlev
– simlev, Commented Mar 15, 2017 at 22:09
Possible duplicate of How can I know if my python script is running? (using Cygwin or Windows shell) — Taku
– Taku, Commented Mar 15, 2017 at 22:15
My copy of Cygwin uses my Windows' Python. And I don't just want to detect Cygwin, I want to detect specifically Windows Command Prompt. — gusg21
– gusg21, Commented Mar 15, 2017 at 23:27

jayaram S · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-17 14:58:29Z

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Have you tried

import platform
platform.system()

On my system it outputs

CYGWIN_NT-10.0

Hope this helps

answered May 17, 2017 at 14:58

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jayaram S Over a year ago

actually this works better from sys import platform as _platform _platform == "cygwin"

gusg21 Over a year ago

Thank you! I solved the problem another way, but this works exactly like I wanted.

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