Get the version of Python by which the file was compiled

compiled_file_python_version.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

import os
import sys
import struct

magics = {
    20121: 'Python 1.5.x',
    50428: 'Python 1.6',
    50823: 'Python 2.0.x',
    60202: 'Python 2.1.x',
    60717: 'Python 2.2',
    62011: 'Python 2.3a0',
    62021: 'Python 2.3a0',
    62041: 'Python 2.4a0',
    62051: 'Python 2.4a3',
    62061: 'Python 2.4b1',
    62071: 'Python 2.5a0',
    62081: 'Python 2.5a0',
    62091: 'Python 2.5a0',
    62092: 'Python 2.5a0',
    62101: 'Python 2.5b3',
    62111: 'Python 2.5b3',
    62121: 'Python 2.5c1',
    62131: 'Python 2.5c2',
    62151: 'Python 2.6a0',
    62161: 'Python 2.6a1',
    62171: 'Python 2.7a0',
    62181: 'Python 2.7a0',
    62191: 'Python 2.7a0',
    62201: 'Python 2.7a0',
    62211: 'Python 2.7a0',
    3000: 'Python 3000',
    3010: 'Python 3000',
    3020: 'Python 3000',
    3030: 'Python 3000',
    3040: 'Python 3000',
    3050: 'Python 3000',
    3060: 'Python 3000',
    3061: 'Python 3000',
    3071: 'Python 3000',
    3081: 'Python 3000',
    3091: 'Python 3000',
    3101: 'Python 3000',
    3103: 'Python 3000',
    3111: 'Python 3.0a4',
    3131: 'Python 3.0a5',
    3141: 'Python 3.1a0',
    3151: 'Python 3.1a0',
    3160: 'Python 3.2a0',
    3170: 'Python 3.2a1',
    3180: 'Python 3.2a2',
    3190: 'Python 3.3a0',
    3200: 'Python 3.3a0',
    3210: 'Python 3.3a0',
    3220: 'Python 3.3a1',
    3230: 'Python 3.3a4',
    3250: 'Python 3.4a1',
    3260: 'Python 3.4a1',
    3270: 'Python 3.4a1',
    3280: 'Python 3.4a1',
    3290: 'Python 3.4a4',
    3300: 'Python 3.4a4',
    3310: 'Python 3.4rc2',
    3320: 'Python 3.5a0',
    3330: 'Python 3.5b1',
    3340: 'Python 3.5b2',
    3350: 'Python 3.5b2',
    3360: 'Python 3.6a0',
    3361: 'Python 3.6a0',
    3370: 'Python 3.6a1',
    3371: 'Python 3.6a1',
    3372: 'Python 3.6a1',
}

def get_compiled_file_python_version(filename):
    """
    Get the version of Python by which the file was compiled
    """
    name, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
    if ext not in ['.pyc', '.pyo']:
        print 'Please select *.pyc or *.pyo files'
        return ''
    if not os.path.isfile(filename):
        print 'File "%s" doesn\'t exist' % filename
        return ''
    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
        magic = f.read(4)
        magic_data = struct.unpack('H2B', magic)
        python_version = magics.get(magic_data[0], '')
        if magic_data[1:] != (13, 10):
            print 'Wrong magic bytes: %s' % magic.encode('hex')
            return ''
        if not python_version:
            print 'Unknown Python version or wrong magic bytes'
    return python_version

def main():
    filename = sys.argv[1]
    python_version = get_compiled_file_python_version(filename)
    if python_version:
        print 'File "%s" is compiled with: %s' % (filename, python_version)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()