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Old 01-25-2012
Command to find 32/64 bit in Linux
Hi, Can somebody tell me which command will help me find whether the OS is 32 bit or 64 bit. OS is LInux

Thanks
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Old 01-25-2012
One way would be to parse the output of
Code:
uname -m

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Old 01-25-2012
Code:
uname -a

#or

arch

x86_64 - 64 bit
i686 - 32 bit

A better one is getconf LONG_BIT

--ahamed
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Old 01-25-2012
Code:
uname -p

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