arch

Display the hardware architecture type of the current host

Summary

arch [OPTION]...

Main Purpose

• Print machine architecture information; output of the arch command includes: i386, i486, i586, alpha, sparc, arm, m68k, mips, ppc, i686, etc.

Options

--help       Display help information and exit.
--version    Display version information and exit.

Examples

[root@localhost ~]# arch
x86_64

Note

1. This command is equivalent to uname -m.

2. This command is part of the GNU coreutils package. For related help information, please refer to man -s 1 arch or info coreutils 'arch invocation'.