check operating system with python code example

Example: check for process name from python

import psutil
 
def findProcessIdByName(processName):
    '''
    Get a list of all the PIDs of a all the running process whose name contains
    the given string processName
    '''
 
    listOfProcessObjects = []
 
    #Iterate over the all the running process
    for proc in psutil.process_iter():
       try:
           pinfo = proc.as_dict(attrs=['pid', 'name', 'create_time'])
           # Check if process name contains the given name string.
           if processName.lower() in pinfo['name'].lower() :
               listOfProcessObjects.append(pinfo)
       except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied , psutil.ZombieProcess) :
           pass
 
    return listOfProcessObjects;