Command to tell whether it ubuntu and mac
 

Hi,

I want to make a script work for both mac and ubuntu. Is there a
command that I can tell me whether I'm on an ubuntu or on a mac?

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Command to tell whether it ubuntu and mac
 

Peng Yu wrote:

> I want to make a script work for both mac and ubuntu. Is there a
> command that I can tell me whether I'm on an ubuntu or on a mac?

Several. A mac wont, for example, have any files of the
form /boot/vmlinuz, or a /proc.

uname is probably the most appropriate one - OSX uses a Darwin kernel
while Ubuntu uses a Linux one.

What are you writing the script in? There's a few utilities that can
help with the various changes you'll need to make to your assumptions
for different systems.

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Avi Greenbury <lists@avi.co> wrote:
> Peng Yu wrote:
>
>> I want to make a script work for both mac and ubuntu. Is there a
>> command that I can tell me whether I'm on an ubuntu or on a mac?
>
> Several. A mac wont, for example, have any files of the
> form /boot/vmlinuz, or a /proc.
>
> uname is probably the most appropriate one - OSX uses a Darwin kernel
> while Ubuntu uses a Linux one.
>
> What are you writing the script in? There's a few utilities that can
> help with the various changes you'll need to make to your assumptions
> for different systems.

bash. So I guess the two approaches just you suggested are sufficient.
Let me know if there are additional ones that are good with bash.

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:


On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Avi Greenbury <lists@avi.co> wrote:

> Peng Yu wrote:

>

>> I want to make a script work for both mac and ubuntu. Is there a

>> command that I can tell me whether I'm on an ubuntu or on a mac?

>

uname would probably give you what you need.
*$ uname -oGNU/Linux
On my Macbook, I get something like 'Darwin'. YMMV.


$ uname -o |grep Linux>/dev/null && is_linux=true || is_linux=false$ echo $is_linuxtrue
--*Hal

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