How to get OS name on Unix-like systems with Java

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class SystemInfo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String command = "uname"; 
        try {
            Process process = new ProcessBuilder(command).start();
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
            String line;
            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(line);
            }
            reader.close();
            process.waitFor();
        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
              System.err.println("Error executing command: " + command);
          }
    }
}


/*
run:

Linux

*/

 



answered Jun 6, 2025 by avibootz

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