Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions

[Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>]

Richard Owlett composed on 2020-09-07 08:44 (UTC-0500):

>    2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities
>      of a particular machine?

inxi

For CPU bits specifically:

	inxi -Cy

For all CPU capabilities:

	inxi -Cay

If these produce any errors, you're using an old inxi version. Upstream version
permits self upgrading thus:

	inxi -U

It's been too long since I last used Debian's inxi package, so don't remember if
it's packaged to override -U capability.

> inxi -V | head -n1
inxi 3.1.06-00 (2020-08-17)

For a more general display of hardware configuration:

	inxi -by

And with more detail:

	inxi -bay

The -y switch produces a format resulting in more lines and shorter line length,
so isn't needed, and isn't available in old inxi versions.
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