>>> import platform
>>> platform.uname()
('Linux', 'fedora.echorand', '3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64', '#1 SMP Wed Jan 23 16:44:29 UTC 2013', 'x86_64')

>>> platform.uname()[0]
'Linux'

>>> platform.uname()
 
uname_result(system='Linux', node='fedora.echorand',
release='3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64', version='#1 SMP Wed Jan 23 16:44:29
UTC 2013', machine='x86_64', processor='x86_64')

>>> platform.uname().system
'Linux'

>>> platform.system()
'Linux'
 
>>> platform.release()
'3.7.4-204.fc18.x86_64'

>>> platform.linux_distribution()
('Fedora', '18', 'Spherical Cow')

>>> platform._supported_dists
('SuSE', 'debian', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'centos', 'mandrake',
'mandriva', 'rocks', 'slackware', 'yellowdog', 'gentoo',
'UnitedLinux', 'turbolinux')

>>> platform.architecture()
('64bit', 'ELF')

>>> platform.architecture()
('32bit', 'ELF')

>>> platform.architecture(executable='/usr/bin/ls')
('64bit', 'ELF')

#! /usr/bin/env python
""" print out the /proc/cpuinfo
  file
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
 
with open('/proc/cpuinfo') as f:
  for line in f:
    print(line.rstrip('n'))

#! /usr/bin/env python
 
""" Print the model of your
  processing units
 
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
 
with open('/proc/cpuinfo') as f:
  for line in f:
    # Ignore the blank line separating the information between
    # details about two processing units
    if line.strip():
      if line.rstrip('n').startswith('model name'):
        model_name = line.rstrip('n').split(':')[1]
        print(model_name)

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz

#! /usr/bin/env python
 
""" Find the real bit architecture
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
 
with open('/proc/cpuinfo') as f:
  for line in f:
    # Ignore the blank line separating the information between
    # details about two processing units
    if line.strip():
      if line.rstrip('n').startswith('flags')
          or line.rstrip('n').startswith('Features'):
        if 'lm' in line.rstrip('n').split():
          print('64-bit')
        else:
          print('32-bit')

#!/usr/bin/env/ python
 
"""
/proc/cpuinfo as a Python dict
"""
from __future__ import print_function
from collections import OrderedDict
import pprint
 
def cpuinfo():
  ''' Return the information in /proc/cpuinfo
  as a dictionary in the following format:
  cpu_info['proc0']={...}
  cpu_info['proc1']={...}
 
  '''
 
  cpuinfo=OrderedDict()
  procinfo=OrderedDict()
 
  nprocs = 0
  with open('/proc/cpuinfo') as f:
    for line in f:
      if not line.strip():
        # end of one processor
        cpuinfo['proc%s' % nprocs] = procinfo
        nprocs=nprocs+1
        # Reset
        procinfo=OrderedDict()
      else:
        if len(line.split(':')) == 2:
          procinfo[line.split(':')[0].strip()] = line.split(':')[1].strip()
        else:
          procinfo[line.split(':')[0].strip()] = ''
 
  return cpuinfo
 
if __name__=='__main__':
  cpuinfo = cpuinfo()
  for processor in cpuinfo.keys():
    print(cpuinfo[processor]['model name'])

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
from __future__ import print_function
from collections import OrderedDict
 
def meminfo():
  ''' Return the information in /proc/meminfo
  as a dictionary '''
  meminfo=OrderedDict()
 
  with open('/proc/meminfo') as f:
    for line in f:
      meminfo[line.split(':')[0]] = line.split(':')[1].strip()
  return meminfo
 
if __name__=='__main__':
  #print(meminfo())
 
  meminfo = meminfo()
  print('Total memory: {0}'.format(meminfo['MemTotal']))
  print('Free memory: {0}'.format(meminfo['MemFree']))

Total memory: 7897012 kB
Free memory: 249508 kB

#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import print_function
from collections import namedtuple
 
def netdevs():
  ''' RX and TX bytes for each of the network devices '''
 
  with open('/proc/net/dev') as f:
    net_dump = f.readlines()
 
  device_data={}
  data = namedtuple('data',['rx','tx'])
  for line in net_dump[2:]:
    line = line.split(':')
    if line[0].strip() != 'lo':
      device_data[line[0].strip()] = data(float(line[1].split()[0])/(1024.0*1024.0),
                        float(line[1].split()[8])/(1024.0*1024.0))
 
  return device_data
 
if __name__=='__main__':
 
  netdevs = netdevs()
  for dev in netdevs.keys():
    print('{0}: {1} MiB {2} MiB'.format(dev, netdevs[dev].rx, netdevs[dev].tx))

em1: 0.0 MiB 0.0 MiB
wlan0: 2651.40951061 MiB 183.173976898 MiB

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
 List of all process IDs currently active
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
import os
def process_list():
 
  pids = []
  for subdir in os.listdir('/proc'):
    if subdir.isdigit():
      pids.append(subdir)
 
  return pids
 
if __name__=='__main__':
 
  pids = process_list()
  print('Total number of running processes:: {0}'.format(len(pids)))

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
"""
Read block device data from sysfs
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
import glob
import re
import os
 
# Add any other device pattern to read from
dev_pattern = ['sd.*','mmcblk*']
 
def size(device):
  nr_sectors = open(device+'/size').read().rstrip('n')
  sect_size = open(device+'/queue/hw_sector_size').read().rstrip('n')
 
  # The sect_size is in bytes, so we convert it to GiB and then send it back
  return (float(nr_sectors)*float(sect_size))/(1024.0*1024.0*1024.0)
 
def detect_devs():
  for device in glob.glob('/sys/block/*'):
    for pattern in dev_pattern:
      if re.compile(pattern).match(os.path.basename(device)):
        print('Device:: {0}, Size:: {1} GiB'.format(device, size(device)))
 
if __name__=='__main__':
  detect_devs()

Device:: /sys/block/sda, Size:: 465.761741638 GiB
Device:: /sys/block/mmcblk0, Size:: 3.70703125 GiB

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
"""
Print all the users and their login shells
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
import pwd
 
# Get the users from /etc/passwd
def getusers():
  users = pwd.getpwall()
  for user in users:
    print('{0}:{1}'.format(user.pw_name, user.pw_shell))
 
if __name__=='__main__':
  getusers()

#!/usr/bin/env python
 
"""
Utility to play around with users and passwords on a Linux system
"""
 
from __future__ import print_function
import pwd
import argparse
import os
 
def read_login_defs():
 
  uid_min = None
  uid_max = None
 
  if os.path.exists('/etc/login.defs'):
    with open('/etc/login.defs') as f:
      login_data = f.readlines()
 
    for line in login_data:
      if line.startswith('UID_MIN'):
        uid_min = int(line.split()[1].strip())
 
      if line.startswith('UID_MAX'):
        uid_max = int(line.split()[1].strip())
 
  return uid_min, uid_max
 
# Get the users from /etc/passwd
def getusers(no_system=False):
 
  uid_min, uid_max = read_login_defs()
 
  if uid_min is None:
    uid_min = 1000
  if uid_max is None:
    uid_max = 60000
 
  users = pwd.getpwall()
  for user in users:
    if no_system:
      if user.pw_uid >= uid_min and user.pw_uid <= uid_max:
        print('{0}:{1}'.format(user.pw_name, user.pw_shell))
    else:
      print('{0}:{1}'.format(user.pw_name, user.pw_shell))
 
if __name__=='__main__':
 
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='User/Password Utility')
 
  parser.add_argument('--no-system', action='store_true',dest='no_system',
            default = False, help='Specify to omit system users')
 
  args = parser.parse_args()
  getusers(args.no_system)

$ ./getusers.py --help
usage: getusers.py [-h] [--no-system]
 
User/Password Utility
 
optional arguments:
 -h, --help  show this help message and exit
 --no-system Specify to omit system users

$ ./getusers.py --no-system
gene:/bin/bash

$ ./getusers.py --param
usage: getusers.py [-h] [--no-system]
getusers.py: error: unrecognized arguments: --param

#!/usr/bin/env python
from __future__ import print_function
from collections import namedtuple
import argparse
 
def netdevs(iface=None):
  ''' RX and TX bytes for each of the network devices '''
 
  with open('/proc/net/dev') as f:
    net_dump = f.readlines()
 
  device_data={}
  data = namedtuple('data',['rx','tx'])
  for line in net_dump[2:]:
    line = line.split(':')
    if not iface:
      if line[0].strip() != 'lo':
        device_data[line[0].strip()] = data(float(line[1].split()[0])/(1024.0*1024.0),
                          float(line[1].split()[8])/(1024.0*1024.0))
    else:
      if line[0].strip() == iface:
        device_data[line[0].strip()] = data(float(line[1].split()[0])/(1024.0*1024.0),
                          float(line[1].split()[8])/(1024.0*1024.0))  
  return device_data
 
if __name__=='__main__':
 
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Network Interface Usage Monitor')
  parser.add_argument('-i','--interface', dest='iface',
            help='Network interface')
 
  args = parser.parse_args()
 
  netdevs = netdevs(iface = args.iface)
  for dev in netdevs.keys():
    print('{0}: {1} MiB {2} MiB'.format(dev, netdevs[dev].rx, netdevs[dev].tx))

$ ./net_devs_2.py
 
em1: 0.0 MiB 0.0 MiB
wlan0: 146.099492073 MiB 12.9737148285 MiB
virbr1: 0.0 MiB 0.0 MiB
virbr1-nic: 0.0 MiB 0.0 MiB
 
$ ./net_devs_2.py --help
usage: net_devs_2.py [-h] [-i IFACE]
 
Network Interface Usage Monitor
 
optional arguments:
 -h, --help      show this help message and exit
 -i IFACE, --interface IFACE
            Network interface
 
$ ./net_devs_2.py -i wlan0
wlan0: 146.100307465 MiB 12.9777050018 MiB