Find out if a python script is running in IDLE or terminal/command prompt

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00:00 Find Out If A Python Script Is Running In Idle Or Terminal/Command Prompt
00:45 Accepted Answer Score 13
01:03 Answer 2 Score 0
01:15 Thank you

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1713...

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 13

This seems to work on Python3/Linux

import sys

print("idlelib" in sys.modules)

If will return True if the script is run from Idle, False otherwise. Please test for other combination of Python/OS !

ANSWER 2

Score 0

From https://stackoverflow.com/a/1077118/2544441:

sys.stdout.isatty()

is true if your script can write to a "true" terminal (at least since Python 2.7).