Do I have 32 bit or 64 bit?

[racie]

i686 is in the 32-bit family.

If you were running 64-bit, you would get an output like 'x86_64.'

[karthick87]

Mine is 32 bit,so it returned 32.If your system is 64 bit then it will return 64.Check yours by running the following command in terminal.

getconf LONG_BIT

[Megaptera]

Mine is 32 bit,so it returned 32.If your system is 64 bit then it will return 64.Check yours by running the following command in terminal.

getconf LONG_BIT

As per #10 above, double-checked and I get:

getconf LONG_BIT
32

So I guess it's 32 bit but still puzzled why some also read it as 64 bit.

Once again, thanks.

[Megaptera]

Thanks karthick87 and racie !!

[racie]

So I guess it's 32 bit but still puzzled why some also read it as 64 bit.

Well, I'm assuming that the output of CPU op modes just means that you can run either 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems on your computer. Although it seems a bit strange because my only output is 64-bit, but I am able to run 32-bit operating systems.