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June 2, 2017 16:39
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a powershell function to check whether or not you are running in a linux (or linux-like) environment. powershell on linux is a thing now
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| <# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| Check-LinuxOS() | |
| .Description | |
| Check whether or not a host you are running from is Linux. WMI is not yet | |
| available in the PowerShell alpha. | |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #> | |
| function Check-LinuxOS { | |
| $ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue" # Prevents stop when Windows explodes with uname call | |
| if ((& uname -s) -Like "Linux") { | |
| return $True | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| return $False | |
| } | |
| $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" # Set it back to what we typically want | |
| } Export-ModuleMember -Function Check-LinuxOS |
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