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32-bit or 64-bit CPU on Linux

To find out what CPU you have in Linux, you must follow the different steps:

You just have to open a terminal or command console and type the command: Iscpu. This command returns information about the architecture of the PC, and whether it can run 32-bit or 64-bit. If it shows that it is 64-bit, then you will be able to download and install 64-bit programs. If 32-bit appears, you will only be able to download programs that are compatible with these bits.

If the cpuinfo command is used, all the information of the processor will be displayed.

[php] cat /proc/cpuinfo [/php]

Whereas with lscpu it will tell all the information of the CPU, from the architecture, the model, number of processors, virtualization support and cache in L1, L2 and L3.