How to Check Linux System is 64 bit or 32 bit

Last updated November 23, 2014 by Rahul K.

Command:

uname -m

Examples:-

uname is an command line tool useful for displaying system information like kernel-name, kernel version or system architecture etc.

Use following command to find a Linux kernel is based on 64 bit or 32 bit architecture.

# uname -m

x86_64      [ 64-bit kernel ]

# uname -m

i686      [ 32-bit kernel ]

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