Determine Unix 32 bit 64 bit
If you are working on Linux box and trying to determine given operating system is 32 or 64 bit please use command below:
Usage: uname [OPTION]…
Option help: uname –help
JavaHonk $ uname --help
Usage: uname [OPTION]...
Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s.
-a, --all print all information, in the following order,
except omit -p and -i if unknown:
-s, --kernel-name print the kernel name
-n, --nodename print the network node hostname
-r, --kernel-release print the kernel release
-v, --kernel-version print the kernel version
-m, --machine print the machine hardware name
-p, --processor print the processor type or "unknown"
-i, --hardware-platform print the hardware platform or "unknown"
-o, --operating-system print the operating system
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Report uname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report uname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'uname invocation'
JavaHonk $- x86_64 –> 64-bit kernel
- i686 –> 32-bit kernel
Example:
JavaHonk $ uname -m x86_64
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