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+platform-info
+=============
+
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
+[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/uutils/platform-info.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/uutils/platform-info)
+[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/2wogy3wkenwreeq0/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/Arcterus/platform-info/branch/master)
+[![LoC](https://tokei.rs/b1/github/uutils/platform-info)](https://github.com/uutils/platform-info)
+
+A simple cross-platform way to get information about the currently running
+system.
+
+License
+-------
+
+`platform-info` is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.