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To know kernel bit in suse linux

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Dear experts,

  Which command is accurate to know operating system bit

getconf LONG_BIT or getconf WORD_BIT.

we are getting differrent output for both....

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former_member189546
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Hello,

Please try

$ uname -a

x86_64 GNU/Linux indicates that you've a 64bit Linux kernel running. If you use

see i386/i486/i586/i686 it is a 32 bit kernel

regards,

John Feely

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Hi John,

That's fine Thankyou.

but , could you let's know, what is these commands used for